Good news everyone, my brain is in a better place. 2 weeks of work in and everything has normalised a bit for me, however now I have a week off… Oh well. I sanded and polished the small pen I made, I think it turned out quite well. You tell me what you think, [capped](https://i.imgur.com/WbwyWBj.jpg) and [uncapped](https://i.imgur.com/98T5C0J.jpg). But then I made some pens, both of … Continue reading Pen making update Y2 Wk14: I see a red door and I want it painted black…

Big news: I got my first review! And it is a great one. 🙂 The video will be posted on the feedback page. Even with the above new I am still really struggling quite badly at the moment and I don’t know why, I have been at work a week, which is something I am not handling very well mentally. Being in a big empty … Continue reading Pen making update Y2 Wk13: Blankity blank and a review.

Back to work on Monday so I am quite glad that I managed to get done what I wanted to get done. I have expanded on the workshop a bit and I have managed to get some new blank making stuff. * Pen Making Well this week has been mad, I have accepted about 4 different commissions this week alone. If it keeps on going … Continue reading Pen making update Y2 Wk12: Blanks a plenty

Well I hope you are all doing well and are staying healthy. Pen making has been a little slow this week but I have actually done some, which is better than none. * Pen making This weeks project was to attempt to get a few new skills in my repertoire. The first was ink windows, clear resins have been a bit of a pain in … Continue reading Pen making update Y2 Week 11: More windows

Apologies, I have been a bit lax posting the weekly updates here. I’ll post up to date. Continue reading Been a bit lax