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Does anybody have experience with fountain pen or dip pen ink on wood? I am thinking of trying a few ink on wood embellishment pieces but so far all the inks I have tried bleed a lot. I currently use pigma micron pens for their permanence and lack of migration.

In a well lit room this maple bowl portrays a garden in daylight. In a dimmer room with a spotlight on the center of the inside, the butterflies and foliage turn to shadows as though in moonlight reflected off a lake. 6 inches diameter and 5 inches deep. Flowers and ground cover done entirely...

This 7 by 4 inch thin-wall maple bowl has two Monarch butterflies hovering around a milkweed flower. The butterflies are done with Derwent Inktense pencils and the inside is silver blue acrylic. The natural figure of this end-grain maple bowl is highlighted by piercing every second growth ring.

Another in my luminary butterfly series. Madrone, acrylic and ink. 4 inches diameter 6 inches high.

Last April, the Barnesville Woodturners asked me to give a remote demonstration of how I make my butterfly rim bowls. Since the intended length was around 90 minutes, I had to record a large part of the presentation. The videos for this presentation show me creating this 7 inch diameter, 4...

Madrone Meadow Luminary. Four inches high by 4 inches diameter. I turned this madrone vessel to a thickness of 2 to 3 mm using end-grain orientation. The wood was very dry (about 7 percent moisture content). The artwork was composed using Adobe illustrator. Some of the colors are pigma...

Madrone Meadow Luminary. Four inches high by 4 inches diameter. I turned this madrone vessel to a thickness of 2 to 3 mm using end-grain orientation. The wood was very dry (about 7 percent moisture content). The artwork was composed using Adobe illustrator. Some of the colors are pigma...