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Phil Coggan

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• Nov 23, 2008

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Back again many years with this one, once again sorry for the poor picture quality.

Phil

 

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• Nov 23, 2008

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Amazing Engraving

Love it! That's a textbook example of excellent engraving!

 

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• Nov 23, 2008

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Hello again Phil, this is increadable, about how many hours? Thanks so much for sharing.

Ed DeLorge

 

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• Nov 23, 2008

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Wow.............I love those scroll heads and creatures.............fantastic!!!

Cheers
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• Nov 23, 2008

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Breathtaking ornamental engraving. This kind of work demands a lot of study because of all the intricate details. Superlative shading.

 

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this is a beautiful work. !

 

PAUL LANTUCH

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I can say just- O!O!O!O!....

 

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WOW...absolutely beautiful!

Thanks for posting it.

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Michael Orticelli

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• Nov 23, 2008

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Amazing. Please send me all your talent, skill and years of practice! I can combine that with all my awesome tools to make one excellent engraver!

 

Michael Orticelli

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I had to wait a few minutes to post this so I could type without explitives.... THAT is some INCREDIBLE shading. Just stunning. I am taking Sam's advice and will spend some time studying this.

Please let me know if you ever publish a book with some quality prints of your work.

 

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• Nov 24, 2008

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This is a great example that shows how much planning and drawing is needed in the creating stage and design process. The final drawing then is so well done that during execution no changes were necessary.
Excellent engraving, Phil!

 

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Michael O,
There is a lot of Phil's great work in the British and Italian gun books.
Try "Gun Engraving" by Christopher Austyn, "The Best of Holland & Holland" from England.
And the Mario Abbiatico and Marco E. Nobili books from Italy.
All of these are available in the USA.
But I'm sure Phil can give you other leads.
The "Double Gun Journal" and "Sporting Arms" often have pictures/articles of his artistry.

Best, John B.

 

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Phil Coggan

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Some engravings look incredibly complicated, but if you break it down to sections it is then more understandable.
Start with an area, draw your basic scrolls, add some more, intertwine them, use your imagination, move to the next area, do the same, go back and incorporate the first with this. Before you know it the design will expand and come together.

Phil

 

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• Nov 25, 2008

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Terrific engraving Phil and your explanation of how to simplify what we see and develop a design is very helpful. As usual Martin your observations are exactly right.