what to do?

[didyoung]

having a hard time making a choice.
should i mirror the scroll or have another scroll comming from the top heading down?
what do you think?
the flower centers will be blue montana saphires.
as for the bit cheek....i will add some engraving to it as well.
the bit cheek is steel with silver and gold beads.

 

[silverchip]

continue with the scroll coming around from the top,but you already knew that!!!!!

 

[Donny]

I'd mirror it and flip it ...somewhat like a Yin/Yang design....just a thought.


Donny

 

[Haraga.com]

In the picture on the left, is the bit cheek soldered in place on the silver or will it be soldered on later?

 

[didyoung]

the cheek will be held on by rivets

 

[rayf24]

Shawn for my 2 cents worth Yin/Yang would look nice that was the first thing I spotted before reading your question
but then being an aussie upside down things look ok.
Ray

 

[simone-cervellati]

just my 2 cents but if the bail is already on one side of the design mirroring it would make the design look out of place.. so I'd continue with some other scrolls that keep the flow alive. otherwise you'll get this really powerful sense of direction from the mirroring but the resulting line is not parallel with the other lines in the body of the wearer..

or maybe I did not have enough coffee and I'm overthinking the thing..

Simone

 

[didyoung]

some progress.
i will add a few more leaves. one at the headstall loop(the inside of the loop)...two for the left hand flowers...one at the bottoum of the bit and one in the center hole of the bit.:thinking:
maybe that will improve things.

 

[Eugene Carkoski]

wished you would have waited till I got back with you but it looks just fine

 

[bronc]

Rockin!!!

Stewart

 

[rayf24]

I love it Shawn you suck us all in asking the question then do it your own way no mirror and no yin /yang something totally your's
Nice one and we all look forward to the next installement you should be a politician or maybe selling ice to the eskimo's
Ray

 

[golden forge]

Shawn, that is looking great, it's a cool idea, I'm looking forward to seeing pictures when it's done.

 

[Dale Hatfield]

Shawn
On the next one move cheek piece up higher use the bridle ring to hang on the chain. You then have more room at the bottom for design.Plus ya don't have to
punch the Bail through engraving.
Looks great .

 

[didyoung]

some progress
thanks for the idea dale....the cust. wanted the bit to hand at a specific angle...if i did what you are talking about it would not be possible to get the bit to hang at an angle.
i was thinking that the next one i might have a hinged bail.
shawn

 

[didyoung]

trying a different background.
it is hard to get the color of the stones.

 

[tkelch]

this is looking great i always love seeing your shading it makes it look line it jumps off the peace at you

 

[Brian Marshall]

Slobber bar, rein chains?

Might think about applying a really light texture and patina to the bridle and cheek "hole" spaces? Just enough to get away from the glaring white...

They seem to draw your eye too much as they are in this image... may be much different in reality?


Brian

 

[rayf24]

That is super nice Shawn love that shading as always like the boarder treatment as well will have to try that on one of those brass magnifiers I do
Ray

 

[michaelmiller]

yeah but what design are you gonna do on the cheek?

 

[didyoung]

The silver on the cheek is already engraved mike
The large piece of silver has 3 scrolls with leaves
The small silver piece has a flower
so its done and ready to ship.:banana:
and also here was another quick project.