Once I received the maple barrels, however, I got cold feet. They were so small, and round, and I thought anything I will paint of them will look terrible. It took me a few weeks to get the nerve to start working on them (I'll say that for Dave - he is very patient!). Dave asked for something which has Etsy written in Hebrew and a peace symbol. So I used my acrylic paint and a toothpick to paint a peace dove, a few olive branches and the word אצי in Hebrew. I used the world tiniest brush to paint a little silly bear on mine, an signed my name on the back.
Once I was finished, almost three months after we decided to start on this project, I sent the barrels back to Texas, to be turned into pens. I was shocked to receive mine a couple of weeks later. I never imagined it will turn out that beautiful!!
I can't wait to do this again, and this time Dave, I promise I will be a hell of a lot quicker!
Dave's wife Tina wrote about this project in her blog as well. You can also see pictures of the second pen over there (I should have made one for Tina as well..).
I can't wait to do this again, and this time Dave, I promise I will be a hell of a lot quicker!
3 comments:
those are beautiful
Cool pens.
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Love your blog.
I took the 2nd pen to a craft fair to show it off, but not to sell it. I was offered $50 for it, but I declined. Its at home in my "Box of Honor". I think its my favorite of all time.
Here's to our next collaboration.
Dave
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