My latest 3D project for Blade Show

[Dave London]

Now that is just amazing , thanks Mitch
You must be using some mile high air to keep the spheres floating

 

[Donny]

I really think this is very cool.

Donny

 

[mitch]

How did you go at this?


Set up some bearings, marbles and BBs with a light source to look at/compare to as you cut it?

Set it up a "model" as above and photographed it, then worked from the image? (Probably easier than chasing bearings & BBs all over the bench)

Or didja just just make it up as you went along?


Brian

I actually came up with this idea a few years ago and sent Rick Genovese the original design sketch in January 2012. Well, everybody here knows how fast knife & gunmakers work, so he finally delivered it to me in March of this year. In the meantime, I'd amassed a collection of turned wooden balls, some ball bearings & some brass balls and started arranging them to find interesting relationships between different sizes & altitudes in their shadows & reflections, etc., and making sketches as I went along. I took a few photos, but it slowed down the creative process and I intended to exercise a little artistic license anyway. Let's just say I spent a lot of time in the last couple years studying my balls....

 

[Tim Wells]

That is my favorite piece of your work. Beautiful!

 

[Big-Un]

You have taken the most difficult shape to shade and shadow to an exceptional level. I spent weeks in art class studying the sphere, it's shadows and reflections and shadows and was just beginning to understand its intricacies. I'm amazed at your rendition and applause your efforts. Truly masterful.

Bill

 

[silverchip]

Especially the brass ones, Kool piece!!!!!

 

[rbslaughter]

Mitch, you deserve all the great feedback from your fellow engravers... I have never seen anything quite like this, and it really does "fool" your eyes into seeing the additional dimension.. I would make sure to have one of the professional photographers do a "portrait" shot of this knife when you wrap it up..

Amazing work Mitch, thanks for the pictures you sent, and have a great time at the Blade show... We all know how much you enjoy, and excel, at chit chat....:biggrin:

Best Regards, Rich Slaughter

 

[Mike Cirelli]

Mitch that is so cool. It's amazing what you do.

 

[Troy G]

wow...... just wow!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Christian DeCamillis]

Mitch,

You the man. This is innovative for sure. great work!

It look like there is pearl inlay . Any trouble inlaying the gold into it? Pearl is tough stuff from my experience.

Chris

 

[mtgraver]

Exceptional piece of work Mitch, a fun piece to ponder!
Mark

 

[LVVP]

Again, looks very good, thanks

 

[Marcus Hunt]

Amazing work Mitch; I love it!!! Your engraving always blows me away.

 

[rayf24]

Damm If that is not super stuuning Mitch you are setting the bar so high. As Sam said Lord have mercy on us all.
That,s near sell all the tools and cut wrist for others just out of this world. :bow:
:bow: A1 and 5 stars
Ray

 

[mitch]

sell all the tools and cut wrist for others just out of this world.
Ray

next time i run across one of my 30+ yr old practice plates in a box of junk i'll post a picture of that. trust me, way back then my work showed no more promise than the average beginner taking one of the basic intro classes at GRS, probably less...

 

[Tira]

This was very cool at the show. Thanks for letting me look at it up close!

 

[golden forge]

This is like looking at one of the works of M. C. Escher, absolutely stunning work.

 

[Jim Kelso]

Yow! Stunning illusion……..