Pen in the works

Finally, cut my pen off my bronze tree. It’s time to finish off the process now and shine it up and paternate it if I want. However, I don’t know if I want my pen to be ultra shiny, I think I prefer it to have elements of shine and elements of dullness. I’m going to experiment with the levels of finish on bronze and decide after I see these outcomes.

The bronze pen will be displayed over a puddle of black to look like the pen has leaked. This would ideally be placed before you approach my series of books. I think I want the puddle to be made of slumped glass so that the edges of the glass are rounded and there is an ultimate shine from the puddle. This piece of glass would become a marker for a film introducing the books as a self portrait.

Below is a photo of the pen cut off the tree ready to be finished and polish and an image of how I envisage the pen puddle combination.