"A 12 Point Art Cue" - "ORCA II" -
Hi,
Here is The "Orca II" Tribute Cue. 138 ivory inlays with 12 ebony floating points built on a full core with a special artistic rendering on the handle by my partner and great artist Kenny Simonsen.
The original Orca was designed and built by Ken (Stew) Mortsen and is 29 years old in the making. After "The Jaws Cue" was completed in Bert Schragers shop in North Hollywood, Stew modified and built the butt sleeve from an 8 to 12 point geometry. It was not until years later in 1992 when Stew left Bert's shop that he designed and finished the forearm and assembled the cue in Ray Schuler's shop in Palatine.
This is my first big CNC cue and I could not resist the urge to have Kenny work his magic on the handle. Since the theme of Stews inlays is Orca dominating a White Shark that was in a feeding frenzy I asked Ken to create a downward swirling situation whereby the shark is surprised to find he was now the dinner while he was the predator to the small schooling fish. I guess Ken got the idea and swam with it! BTW, the water droplets were a take off of one of Ken's award winning Pool & Billiards Magazine Covers "Toast to Billiards".
Out of all of Stew's designs this one was always my favorite. I asked him if I could build this tribute cue with his permission and oversight. Stew spent over a month in the shop on this one and is a great coach. We are sharing any proceeds gained by the sale of the cue with Stew as he told me he wants a new Lexus. LOL. At 88 years of age he is not seeking to gain any CNC or computer skills either but he loves the action in the cue shop. This old dog don't want new tricks but he now has a new found respect for the CNC methods that I used to create his new grandchild "Orca II".
Thanks for looking,
Rick Geschrey
Cue Art Pushing the Envelope
Ken the Rockstar Cue Artist
2D Artist's Rendering
With those teeth looming, "its not safe to get into the water once more". Sharks beware, Killer Whales eat Sharks for breakfast!
Orca II in Gestation Period
Orca is approaching it's 30 year old birthday and is destined for the Museum of Modern Art with a few others of Stew Cues he still owns out of the 70 cues he designed and built. Orca is a 3 c billiards cue and he had some of his high runs with this cue over the years. Because his cue is so fat at the A-Joint, I had to slightly downsize the width of v diamond point inlays and tiny fish went from 36 to 30 pcs. to accommodate the geometry of my parabolic butt taper which is much smaller in dia. than his cue.
Stew's Grandchild "Orca II" premiers almost 30 years after his Masterpiece was started
The man himself, Stew, a truly great designer and panto artist who operated behind the scenes but managed to create a cue legacy understood and known to certain collectors and insiders within the industry.
Stew and I
Hi,
Here is The "Orca II" Tribute Cue. 138 ivory inlays with 12 ebony floating points built on a full core with a special artistic rendering on the handle by my partner and great artist Kenny Simonsen.
The original Orca was designed and built by Ken (Stew) Mortsen and is 29 years old in the making. After "The Jaws Cue" was completed in Bert Schragers shop in North Hollywood, Stew modified and built the butt sleeve from an 8 to 12 point geometry. It was not until years later in 1992 when Stew left Bert's shop that he designed and finished the forearm and assembled the cue in Ray Schuler's shop in Palatine.
This is my first big CNC cue and I could not resist the urge to have Kenny work his magic on the handle. Since the theme of Stews inlays is Orca dominating a White Shark that was in a feeding frenzy I asked Ken to create a downward swirling situation whereby the shark is surprised to find he was now the dinner while he was the predator to the small schooling fish. I guess Ken got the idea and swam with it! BTW, the water droplets were a take off of one of Ken's award winning Pool & Billiards Magazine Covers "Toast to Billiards".
Out of all of Stew's designs this one was always my favorite. I asked him if I could build this tribute cue with his permission and oversight. Stew spent over a month in the shop on this one and is a great coach. We are sharing any proceeds gained by the sale of the cue with Stew as he told me he wants a new Lexus. LOL. At 88 years of age he is not seeking to gain any CNC or computer skills either but he loves the action in the cue shop. This old dog don't want new tricks but he now has a new found respect for the CNC methods that I used to create his new grandchild "Orca II".
Thanks for looking,
Rick Geschrey
Cue Art Pushing the Envelope
Ken the Rockstar Cue Artist
2D Artist's Rendering
With those teeth looming, "its not safe to get into the water once more". Sharks beware, Killer Whales eat Sharks for breakfast!
Orca II in Gestation Period
Orca is approaching it's 30 year old birthday and is destined for the Museum of Modern Art with a few others of Stew Cues he still owns out of the 70 cues he designed and built. Orca is a 3 c billiards cue and he had some of his high runs with this cue over the years. Because his cue is so fat at the A-Joint, I had to slightly downsize the width of v diamond point inlays and tiny fish went from 36 to 30 pcs. to accommodate the geometry of my parabolic butt taper which is much smaller in dia. than his cue.
Stew's Grandchild "Orca II" premiers almost 30 years after his Masterpiece was started
The man himself, Stew, a truly great designer and panto artist who operated behind the scenes but managed to create a cue legacy understood and known to certain collectors and insiders within the industry.
Stew and I
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