Sycamore, Spirit Stained Blue and Chrome Ballpoint Twist Pen
SYCAMORE - Acer pseudoplatanu
Sycamore is a creamy white colour with a silky lustre, and is easy to work. With an oil finish, Sycamore can turn a light tan colour. I started this range of pens as my display needed a splash of colour and it is not always practical to turn acrylic pens on the canal side. The debris from wooden turned pens causes no harm at all and blows around with all the leaves and stove wood chippings. The acrylic waste is obviously more chemical based and as such I am only happy making them on wind free days when I can collect and bin as much as possible.
After having left the Audlem flight behind us and cruised through the Shropshire countryside to stock up with supplies at the shops in Market Drayton we had to get a bit of a hustle on as we needed to get to the end of the Shropshire Union canal and up the Wolverhampton flight of 21 locks, across Birmingham and down the other side of the hill. A week later, quite a few miles and absolutely loads of locks later we arrived at the bottom of the Lapworth flight of 18. At the bottom it's a jiggle through the Lapworth Link (a short stretch of canal that links together the Grand Union and Stratford on Avon canals which pass close to each other here) and a right turn through a leafy area that is full of canal character, including the British Waterways workshops and maintenance yard; the Lapworth Lock Flight and the distinctive lock cottages of the Stratford on Avon canal, which have unusual barrel-shaped roofs.
Pen #341 was turned on the 10th July 2015 near Rowington, ironically just past Turners Green. Not a bad spot for a few days.
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