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Bakelite Pins & Brooches

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  Carved Orange-Pink Bakelite Frog Pin with Inlaid & Laminated Yellow dots/spots and Glass Eye

Here is a very tropical and fun looking froggie pin that I've carved out of a very handsome swirly orange-pink vintage Bakelite.  The frog is carved similar to a tree frog and appears to be crawling up a vertical surface.  I inlaid yellow Bakelite spots into the frog's back and gave him a glass eye to see with.  There is a nice vintage polished brass pin component attached to the back and I inscribed my signature and the date.  The pin measures almost 3 & 1/2 inches long at the longest measurement.

Carved Orangey Pink Bakelite Kitty Cat Pin

This is a pin that I listed and sold on ebay but the winning bidder ended up being a little girl.....whose parents were not too happy....  so I allowed them to back out on the sale and I am now offering the pin here for sale.  This is a great looking cat pin that I've carved out of orangey pink Bakelite that has some faint darker marbling.   The cat has white Bakelite and light green glass Swarovski rhinestones inlaid for the eyes and some painted details in inscribed lines for the eyebrows, lashes and whiskers.  There is also a pink enamel wash in the details of the mouth and the ears.  The pin measures 3 inches at the longest measurement and has silver finished bar pin component attached to the back, where I've also inscribed my signature and the date.

Carved Laminated Bakelite Dragon Fly Pin

Here is a quite nice dragon fly pin that I created out of vintage red swirled, apple juice and black Bakelite.  The body of the dragon fly is carved from the red which is lightly swirled with yellow.  Inserted into the top of the body and laminated in place is a pair of apple juice wings.  When I first carved and polished this pin, the wings lost their apple juice color and were quite clear.  It has been several months since then, now, and the wings have again taken on just a bit of the apple juice color giving them a nice yellow brown tint.  The head or eyes of the dragon fly are carved and polished black Bakelite fitted onto the body and laminated into place.  I embedded a 2 piece bar pin component with safety clasp onto the back and inscribed my signature and the date.  This pin measures 3 inches long and wide.   it will make a very nice attention getter when worn as it looks quite real.

Carved Marbled Red Bakelite Dragon Pin

Here is a handsome red Bakelite dragon pin that I carved from an original design. The Bakelite is a nice flaming orange and red swirl once it's oxidized but currently the dragon is just a fiery red with some lighter marbling in it. Those light swirls will take on some yellow and orange hues as time goes by and this pin will only get more beautiful as it ages. The dragon's wing curves a bit outwards over his body, which is difficult to portray in the pictures. He (or she.....) is quite detailed in depth and nicely polished. For an eye, I embedded a gold yellow colored Swarovski rhinestone. The pin measures 3 & 1/2 inches at the longest length and has a vintage two piece pin component embedded into the back. I inscribed my signature and the date on the back as well. One of the pictures shows the dragon with the piece of oxidized Bakelite that it was cut from so that you can see the yellow/orange swirling.

Reduced Price.....$375

Carved Bakelite Josephine Baker Pin in Bananas Skirt

Here is a risqué pin portraying that famed songstress, Josephine Baker. This is an original design and a one of a kind pin. That I know of, there are no images of her in this pose wearing the banana skirt. The pin is carved from a gorgeous, and vintage, brown Bakelite with some light marbling. The banana skirt and her hair and facial features are all painted with high quality enamel paints. The pin measures right at 3 & 1/2 inches at the longest measurement, and is nicely detailed and polished. I attached a vintage bar pin component onto the back and inscribed my signature and the date.

Price $375.00

Carved Blue Moon Bakelite Seahorse Pin

 Here is a gorgeous deep blue seahorsey that I've carved out of vintage blue moon Bakelite.  He is quite detailed and even has a nice white backed glass eye to see with.  The blue moon is a beautiful color and, with the high degree of polish, different details are highlighted depending on how the light strikes it.  The pin measures 3 &1/4 inches long and has a nice quality nickel silver bar pin component riveted to the back.  As with all of my carvings, my signature and the date are inscribed.

 Price....$325.00

Carved and Laminated Mexican Gaucho Musician

Now here is a pin that turned out so well that I just could not bear to list him at the mercy of ebay.  This is a classic Mexican character dressed in vintage white Bakelite with a yellow/red marbled blanket over his shoulder and playing a beautiful bird's eye maple guitar.  The only painted details on this pin are the tiny facial details of eyelashes, eyebrows and mouth.  All of the other colors are vintage Bakelite inlaid and laminated.  The skin color is a nice caramel colored vintage Bakelite/catalin, the hair is black and the guitar is real bird's eye maple wood.  The white that the pin is based in will eventually take on just a hint of buttery light yellow as it oxidizes over time.  The right arm is attached with a brass screw sunk into the back so that the arm will move as if he is really playing the guitar and crooning you a sweet Spanish melody.  The pin measures 4 & 1/2 inches at the longest measurement and has a vintage brass pin component riveted onto the back where I've also inscribed my signature and the date.  This pin is a dandy, folks, and will definitely be a book piece.

Bakelite & Cedar Wood Mexican Cowboy Musician

This pin is similar to another that I have listed here on my website, with the exception that this Mexican cowboy musician is seated on
a dune of sand and leaning up against a cactus (probably singing about "That Sharp Pain in My Side"). The base of the pin, which the
cactus and the cowboy are inlaid into, is carved from old cedar wood from a tree which was struck by lighting here locally. The
cowboy also strums a wooden guitar which is made from bird's eye maple. The rest of the pin, cowboy and cactus, are carved from
vintage Bakelite. The cowboy alone is made up of 4 different colors of Bakelite, and as you can see has a movable arm which is
attached by means of a screw inserted deeply from the back side of the pin. I used a bit of black enamel paint to add emphasis to
some of the carved details. The pin measures a bit over 4 inches in length and I've deeply embedded a two part pin component into
the back, where I've also inscribed my signature and the date.

Price....$450.00

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