I’ve been working to learn “scrolls” lately – here’s a practice for a William Henry knife. In the second image
, I’m beginning to excavate for the spots where gold will be inlaid.
Since this will be a hybrid between my usual sculpting and standard scroll technique, I’m not certain how this will turn out – hence, the practicing…
Sculpting the hidden centipede, and inlaying gold in the legs and antennae.
Laying in lots more gold. I hope this ends up working… The cutting isn’t the difficulty, it’s the scroll designing that is kicking my butt!
Finished up the three steps of background removal today, first with a graver, 2nd with carbide bur, and third by stippling the background. Tomorrow, shading….
The scroll experiment is finished! Not too bad
, although I’m not completely pleased with the design. But, it appears I can mix sculpted bugs with banknote engraving and get away with it!
Thanks for looking!
Tom Sterling
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