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\n<\/a>The complete titanium (grade 2 Ti) keytag in Japanese shishiaibori technique (carved completely below the surface).<\/p>\nThanks for looking!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Beginning a titanium keytag in Japanese shishiaibori style, with very deep outlines and 3d sculpting inside. \u00a0The top left image shows jus a bit of the first cutting with a wide “V” graver, the middle is twice around with decreasingly … 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":[9,3,7,29],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-Yt","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2773,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2773","url_meta":{"origin":3749,"position":0},"title":"Knapped “Lascaux” Small Push Dagger Part 2","date":"February 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Above, I've epoxied the titanium scales into place on the fully heat treated blade, and peened all four of the copper pins into place. \u00a0While the epoxy is an important part of the holding process, it's real value is in sealing the titanium scales to the steel tang, not allowing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Knapped_Lascaux_Push_Dagger_61.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2781,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2781","url_meta":{"origin":3749,"position":1},"title":"Knapped “Lascaux” Small Push Dagger Part 3 – Shishiaibori Technique","date":"February 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"It's time to begin the shishiaibori carving process. \u00a0Above is the design transferred to the titanium scales. \u00a0I use a laser printer on kitchen\/cooking parchment and damar varnish transfer method. Step 1: \u00a0I begin engraving with a Lindsay Universal graver (116 degree V-graver), and make as deep a cut as\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"Knapped_Lascaux_Push_Dagger_11","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Knapped_Lascaux_Push_Dagger_11.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4692,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=4692","url_meta":{"origin":3749,"position":2},"title":"Titanium Tiger and Bamboo Dogtag Tutorial","date":"August 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 I\u2019m starting a new project , a Tiger and Bamboo themed titanium dogtag in Japanese shishiaibori-style (sunken relief). All of the design is carved below the original surface of the metal. This has the advantage of protecting the engraving from damage and\/or wear and tear. So far just extra\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Tiger_and_Bamboo_Dogtag_5.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4655,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=4655","url_meta":{"origin":3749,"position":3},"title":"CRKT Squid Widowmaker Tutorial","date":"July 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Starting on a new knife - this time a CRKT Burnley Squid. I'm trying to make this an affordable engraving, so it can be an EDC for us mortals, and not end up being a \"Safe Queen.\" Here I've shimmed the handle scales so my pounding won't damage the mechanism,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"CRKT_Burnley_Squid_Skull_Spider_Blog_1","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/CRKT_Burnley_Squid_Skull_Spider_Blog_1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3475,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3475","url_meta":{"origin":3749,"position":4},"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. 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. Above,\u00a0I've\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Baby_Snapping_Turtle_Pendant_16.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4301,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=4301","url_meta":{"origin":3749,"position":5},"title":"Skull and Bones Damascus Steel Lanyard Bead","date":"March 27, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Starting the second lanyard bead out of \u00a0damascus steel by Geoff Keyes (http:\/\/5elementsforge.com). \u00a0Above ohne-rezeptkaufen.com ,\u00a0I've engraved the outlines really deeply, so I can carve the skull in 3D, but below the surface in Japanese shishiaibori style. \u00a0I began with a wide graver (Lindsay Universal, 116 degree), followed by a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Geoff_Keyes_Skull_Bones_Lanyard_Bead.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3749"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3749"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3755,"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3749\/revisions\/3755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Beginning a titanium keytag in Japanese shishiaibori style, with very deep outlines and 3d sculpting inside. \u00a0The top left image shows jus a bit of the first cutting with a wide “V” graver, the middle is twice around with decreasingly narrow “V” gravers, and\u00a0the bottom right image shows all of\u00a0the outlines at full depth, and beginning to sculpt the head.<\/p>\n![\"Frog_Skeleton_Titanium_Pendant_2\"](\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Frog_Skeleton_Titanium_Pendant_2.jpg?resize=640%2C640\")
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