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Title: Isocaps- ISO enter artisans
Post by: IsoCaps on Thu, 12 December 2019, 17:50:02: Hi, I've been casting and lurking here for a while now, after about a year of trying to sculpt and cast ISO enter keys I decided to start focusing on blanks. After another year of experimenting I settled on a couple of designs based on alcohol inks/petri effects and had a small sale, and am gearing up for a larger one early in the new year. I've found that by mixing resins/inks at certain times and at certain temperatures you can get some pretty awesome, organic effects, but not having pressure/vacuum equipment I do have a ridiculous failure rate, and the variation from cap to cap is pretty big. But I guess having no two caps alike is a good thing in some ways.
Anyway here's a bunch of pics of my results so far, got a lot of experiments and colours planned.

(https://i.imgur.com/Y4Hs8bM.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/IRvuGMZ.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/p47cOrc.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/B48BFLX.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/sXPsNG1.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Akr9WEt.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/wTIR1zT.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/qmEJ2Tt.jpg)
Title: Re: Isocaps- ISO enter artisans
Post by: IsoCaps on Thu, 12 December 2019, 17:52:59: And here's some prototypes for next year's sale.

(https://i.imgur.com/wjjddxY.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/PbZfuKP.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/lP8n8ut.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ywIXAN9.jpg)
Title: Re: Isocaps- ISO enter artisans
Post by: mode on Mon, 16 December 2019, 06:15:19: These are fantastic :)
Title: Re: Isocaps- ISO enter artisans
Post by: rjohn on Wed, 25 December 2019, 08:55:27: nice! prefer the iso keyboards.
Title: Re: Isocaps- ISO enter artisans
Post by: azhdar on Wed, 25 December 2019, 15:41:37: How can I get notified when you start doing sales ?
Title: Re: Isocaps- ISO enter artisans
Post by: IsoCaps on Tue, 07 January 2020, 03:05:52: I can pm you nearer the time if you'd like, let me know if you have a reddit handle and I'll add that as well. Thanks for your interest :)
Title: Re: Isocaps- ISO enter artisans
Post by: bananasplit_00 on Tue, 07 January 2020, 03:12:48: Oh hey these are real neat, are you doing any other colours or just the blue-purple-reds? Either way im pretty sure i want one :D
Title: Re: Isocaps- ISO enter artisans
Post by: azhdar on Tue, 07 January 2020, 05:01:33: Quote from: IsoCaps on Tue, 07 January 2020, 03:05:52
I can pm you nearer the time if you'd like, let me know if you have a reddit handle and I'll add that as well. Thanks for your interest :)

I don't go to reddit. I would love a PM here.
Title: Re: Isocaps- ISO enter artisans
Post by: IsoCaps on Thu, 09 January 2020, 06:42:28: Quote from: azhdar on Tue, 07 January 2020, 05:01:33
Quote from: IsoCaps on Tue, 07 January 2020, 03:05:52
I can pm you nearer the time if you'd like, let me know if you have a reddit handle and I'll add that as well. Thanks for your interest :)

I don't go to reddit. I would love a PM here.

No worries, I'll be sure to PM you
Title: Re: Isocaps- ISO enter artisans
Post by: IsoCaps on Thu, 09 January 2020, 06:44:38: Quote from: bananasplit_00 on Tue, 07 January 2020, 03:12:48
Oh hey these are real neat, are you doing any other colours or just the blue-purple-reds? Either way im pretty sure i want one :D

Focusing on Miami colours next, but open to any suggestions/requests. Been trying some green varieties recently but finding it hard to get them to really pop. Need to try some different types of ink/dye I guess.
Title: Re: Isocaps- ISO enter artisans
Post by: nathanchere on Thu, 09 January 2020, 07:46:29: Love your work, you're filling a woefully underserved niche.
Title: Re: Isocaps- ISO enter artisans
Post by: IsoCaps on Fri, 06 March 2020, 06:58:18: Gearing up for another sale.. more details soon :)
(https://i.imgur.com/8erCp6u.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/NpSy9Ze.jpg)
Title: Re: Isocaps- ISO enter artisans
Post by: Krolle on Fri, 06 March 2020, 07:11:56: These look exceptional!
Title: Re: Isocaps- ISO enter artisans
Post by: IsoCaps on Fri, 06 March 2020, 07:16:36: Thanks! I've been experimenting for a while now, and have a huge mountain of failures/rejects, but feel like I'm getting somewhere.
Title: Re: Isocaps- ISO enter artisans
Post by: Krolle on Fri, 06 March 2020, 07:28:04: I can only imagine :) Looking forward to the sale!
Title: Re: Isocaps- ISO enter artisans
Post by: suicidal_orange on Sat, 07 March 2020, 04:41:34: Having used one of these for a while now I can confirm they are great to type on and good as they look in pictures the 3D effects have to be seen in person to truly appreciate them - I thought it was encapsulated mould (grey in/on red) before reading how they are made :))
Title: Re: Isocaps- ISO enter artisans
Post by: IsoCaps on Fri, 13 March 2020, 11:36:39: So the sale for these Blue-Magenta ones is now live (until Monday): https://www.reddit.com/r/mechmarket/comments/fi24vl/artisan_isocaps_nebula_sale_and_giveaway/
I was planning on a Hyperfuse type colourway next, but any suggestions welcome :)
Title: Re: Isocaps- ISO enter artisans
Post by: IsoCaps on Sun, 01 November 2020, 11:26:51: I've caved in to pressure and expanded to the sacreligeous ANSI..
https://www.reddit.com/r/mechmarket/comments/jli16p/artisan_isocaps_cyberphunk_sale_and_giveaway/
Think I'll try cherry profile next- SA seems to be going out of fashion these days..
Title: Re: Isocaps- ISO enter artisans
Post by: SeamansBeard on Tue, 10 November 2020, 16:40:51: Quote from: IsoCaps on Sun, 01 November 2020, 11:26:51
I've caved in to pressure and expanded to the sacreligeous ANSI..
https://www.reddit.com/r/mechmarket/comments/jli16p/artisan_isocaps_cyberphunk_sale_and_giveaway/
Think I'll try cherry profile next- SA seems to be going out of fashion these days..

Can't wait for cherry! Would love a easier way of to follow you and your work. Like instagram or twitter!