spadebit
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Exceptionally pretty Barry. The blade affect you used is just killer. Art does not come any prettier than that.
Sam, maybe you could explain further about burnishing. You say that you "burnished-in the backround stems and leaves . . .". Are you fading them or another way of putting it erasing? 'ghosting?
In jewelry terms burnishing is more like polishing. I use a steel burnisher with spit applying a lot of pressure. It's very time consuming but results in a harder finish and a 'look' that one can't get by any other method that I know of.
Kevin P.
I find the rope gold border distracting. It seems to want to pull my eyes attention away from the leaves and flow of the piece. I would have just made it a simple gold line either raised or flush.
Like I said this is just my opinion of a knife I admire.
Marty
I am attempting to achieve this conveyance of emotional temper by self similarity .
Great Art posesses and conveys emotional impact. and if there are too many dissimilar things going on, even if they are all clever and inventive, it reduces the impact of the underlying emotional temper.
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Barry: We enjoy the discussion, but many of us have are also very much interested in the mechanics and how-to part. -Sam
I add my voice to Sam's; the how-to and the mechanics part is most interesting. The philosophy or aesthetics part has been debated since 'art' became a word.
I might add, if we cannot, then it is merely craft. -Barry
I don't agree and we might have a very interesting discussion on that topic: What is Art.
But there are probably very few who would be interested in that topic so acknowledging Sam's hint we can all share in the how-to part and just wonder at your genius.
Kevin P.
Here is a Ron Lake, with the all new "Burnished Blade" technique, yellow gold leaves , rose gold stems, rose gold rope border with sculpted steel leaves and stippled and inked backgound.
Thanks to Ron P. and Kirby for help in locating the canvas.
You can also see it at Paul Shindler's Knife Legends:
http://www.knifelegends.com/homepage.htm
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