Hi everyone! we're in the last 20 hours or so and i have a very important (and unfortunate) announcement about one of the pin designs. As some of you may know the black shuck pin is the most complicated and experimental of mine in the project, and i had a nagging concern at the back of my head after getting it checked over by my manufacturer. They didn't specifically address a number of my concerns and simply sent back a quote and answered my main questions which i took to be confirmation that it was fine. Eventually I went ahead and listened to my gut, contacted a second place that seemed much more communicative and was told there were numerous design-breaking issues- most stained glass areas being too small and unable to print silkscreen on the back.
image from the manufacturer of how small gaps flare out slightly and pinch work area
I was recommended to instead do a multi layered sandblasted finish like shown below-
transparent fill with sandblast and multiple layers
Given this feedback the blackshuck will sadly no longer be full transparent stained glass and am looking into designing it more like so: My main concern with this is if the recessed/transparent fill will be visible on top of a black chrome or not. becasue of all of this uncertainty, black shuck will be the one pin that gets a sample created. If you're not happy with the sample and backed or added it on you can remove the item or I can manually remove and refund it for you if necessary! the good news is that the manufacturer says this can be done in hard enamel, so it will likely have a nice flush surface. i'm really sorry for the hiccup and i hope you enjoy the final black shuck pin!
