Announcement: Cutting & shading exercise #3 by Lee Griffiths

[Sam]

Round 3 with a really nice corner design by Lee Griffiths. This should be fun one so give it a go and post your results! Don't forget that Lee has a great book and video series on scroll design. It's a must-have for all scroll designers.

And now a word from Lee:

Well everyone, here is number three. We all have or will encounter a need to fill a corner in our designs. These scrolls offer a few different leaf shapes for some excellent shading practice. Some of you may want to drop off the outside scrolls while others will see possibilities to add. Feel free to add, subtract, amend, mutilate, modify, enhance, butcher, beautify.........what did I leave out? The main thing is to have some fun and see what we can learn. This is safe experimenting. There is no right or wrong. Think of it as a process of discovery. The great philosopher Buzz Lightyear exclaimed "to infinity and beyond" and so we shall in a sometimes stumbling way.

Download the .eps file here.

 

[mrthe]

Thank you to Lee for this great exercise , very beautyfull design, i'm with Sam, i have the book & Dvd art & design fundamentals and is a must to have , is a great lesson about how to draw and understand scroll very well done and easy to understand .
Thank you Sam too to give us the opportunity another time to learn more

 

[Arnaud Van Tilburgh]

Thanks Lee, love your DVD and book "art & design fundamentals"

arnaud

 

[Deb Williams]

Lee/Sam:

Would it be possible to post the ".eps" files from the "Shading Exercise" threads as a "PDF" file for those without access to graphic programs? I use the computer at the library and can print a PDF file, but there are no additional programs available (we aren't big city here!).

Thank you for all of the examples with these exercises - a great learning opportunity!

Sincerely,

Deb Williams

 

[Arnaud Van Tilburgh]

Deb, here is Lee's design in PDF format http://www.juwelenarnaud.be/clipart/lee_griffiths_exercise%20%5BConverted%5D.pdf

arnaud

 

[g.rohrbaugh]

Thanks Lee/Sam for this next exercise! There is so many possibilities here. This should be a fun project.
Gary

 

[Deb Williams]

Thank you Arnaud for the PDF file.

Deb Williams

 

[GTJC460]

This is a nice design. I look forward to cutting it.

 

[Donny]

Thanks for the practice piece!! I will work on this through this week....


Donny

 

[ivar]

here is my practice nr.3
i did it last night, it was fun thanks

 

[g.rohrbaugh]

Very nice Ivar! Like the border you added and like your lettering.
Gary

 

[Tim Wells]

That is an interesting letter style you cut there, what is it called?

 

[bthomas]

I was a bit embarassed by my metal preparation job on prior practice plates so I obtained some stainless money clips...these were least expensive I found on ebay (figured I would give them a try).

...they are sturdy and well polished but I can't say I like the way they cut. The idea to cut on a money clip was a suggestion from a real engraver and came with a clip to try which I found cut very easily...my aquisitions on the other hand while I am up for a challenge detract from the task at hand. Well I will be looking for alternate sources.

and a design variation [sorry for the harsh turn on this one...finding these practice plates great ways to gain tool control or expose lack thereof ]

 

[Lee]

Bthomas, well done. Nice variation.

I encourage everyone to look at the thread -MASAI by Jacoby Pascal, in addition to the wonderful rendering of the warrior, notice the effective use of a corner design and circle used to frame the portrait. This is the practical application of this number three shading exercise.

 

[bthomas]

Lee, thank you for the encouragement.

MASAI thread link: http://www.engraverscafe.com/showth...t-de-OMOTOU-NAROK-BIMAKISANGO&highlight=MASAI

 

[Arnaud Van Tilburgh]

Yes, this will be my next, but have to bring it back to the front, as you might have forgotten about it.
I'm getting used to my new devise the En-Set, Chris DeCamillis new controller and hand piece, so a good opportunity to show how and why I like this controller that much.

arnaud

 

[g.rohrbaugh]

Very nice BThomas, that pattern looks good on the money clips.
Gary

 

[bthomas]

Thanks Gary...but I really should recut on a surface that i can better manage at this stage

...these particular stainless clips are proving to be a particularly difficult material...brings all sorts of additional challenges (vibration maintaining tool sharpness etc.) to an exercise that I intended to help me with my shading

Bill

 

[monk]

the entire work is quite nice ! but-- that script really rings my bell ! great stuff

 

[Stewart's Jewelers]

well, havent done alot with my engraving, but still trying hard at it. kinda mess up on the last scroll on the right, but what do you all think?

thanks whitney