A Little something for William Henry

[Weldon47]

Hi folks,

Here's a William Henry that I'm almost done with! My selection of design was influenced by the mastodon tooth used for the scales. This straight-on shot makes it hard to tell but, the oak leaves are deep relief, carved. First I cut the outline using chisels, do the background relief, then the leaves & scroll elements are shaped with chislets (RIP Phillipe) and lastly, 24K gold wire inlayed for the veins. Not the best photo but, you get the idea!

Thanks & have a great Memorial Day holiday,

Weldon

Added a couple more pics of deep relief carving on a series of five. Enjoy,
WL

 

[oiseau metal arts]

WOW and i just posted some oakleaf work too...

this is a good deal nicer though.

 

[BrianPowley]

Nice job...as expected!

 

[mrthe]

Great work Weldon i lpve yours oak leaf design !

 

[Weldon47]

Thanks to all!
New pics added.
WL

 

[Paulie]

Weldon, that is some very nice work! I also love those black & white pics! Greetings, Paulie

 

[didyoung]

very nice.
where can a person get a good example of sculpted scroll work for study(a casting maybe?)

 

[mrthe]

Good answer hehehe i have search in the FEGA casting section

http://www.fega.com/prodserv/castsSC.asp?categoryparam=cast

but i haven't see very much about carving scrolls,maybe some master in the forum have make one and can tell us more,will be very interesting know about casting avaible around the world hehe

 

[ED DELORGE]

Welodon, that is just marvelous.
Ed

 

[GertGraveur]

Great job! love it!

 

[Andrew Biggs]

Very nice indeed Weldon.

Good to see WH is expanding into Texas

Cheers
Andrew

 

[Weldon47]

Thanks!

Yep Andrew...they are even stooping to my level!!
Actually, WHS is having lots (from what I see on the forums) of very nice work done by some very talented folks!!

Weldon

 

[Weldon47]

Here are a couple of pics of the first pair I did for them.

WL