{"id":3392,"date":"2014-09-01T17:10:06","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T17:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3392"},"modified":"2014-09-01T17:10:06","modified_gmt":"2014-09-01T17:10:06","slug":"baby-sea-turtle-pendant-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3392","title":{"rendered":"Baby Sea Turtle Pendant Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThis is how an engraving begins. My design is laser printed on ordinary kitchen baking parchment. The laser printer toner doesn’t stick well to the paper, and with a little encouragement from the antler burnisher, will transfer to the sticky Dammar varnish.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nHere’s the transfer on the stainless steel pendant blank <\/p>\n

Compra Amoxil Online<\/a><\/div>\n

, with a silver backing. \u00a0It’s about one and one half inches high. \u00a0Next, I’ll begin engraving all of the layout lines.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nAbove,\u00a0I’ve engraved all of my design lines, and begun removing and leveling the background. This will be a relief carving, so I need to go quite a bit deeper than this. As I carve and round over the turtle parts, I’ll end up re-engraving all of these lines several times…<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nMore background removal, using carbide burs now. \u00a0The left side is about right, the right side needs lots more work…<\/p>\n

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\nAbove, all sides done, and a little dark patina thrown in to see how it might look when finished. \u00a0I also find it easier to see what I’m doing when I cut the darker metal. \u00a0Less glare, as well.<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>Here’s a side view of the total depth. Technically this is “low relief” engraving, but it’s still pretty deep!<\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks for looking!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is how an engraving begins. My design is laser printed on ordinary kitchen baking parchment. The laser printer toner doesn’t stick well to the paper, and with a little encouragement from the antler burnisher, will transfer to the sticky … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[23,28,31],"tags":[9,3,7,17,16],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-SI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3475,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3475","url_meta":{"origin":3392,"position":0},"title":"Baby Snapping Turtle Pendant","date":"October 3, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Baby Snapping Turtle Pendant by Tom Sterling This is how an engraving begins. 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