Thank you all for your well wishes for a quick recovery; means a lot to me and Mrs. Mary. I'll be fine as my Great Creator takes care of me during this time. If He chooses to take me home early, then that's better (except for those left behind) I'll be spending eternity with those I love. In the...
Unfortunately, I'll not be attending again this year-too many my health issues. I've lost 30 lbs in ten days and am losing blood in my system somewhere, just don't know where, so I'm confined to the house for a little while longer. This has also affected my engraving schedule. Will miss you guys!
On larger surfaces I use an airbrush to spray on Tom's solution. It gives me a more consistent coverage and saves a little of the solution in the process, then I spray cheap hair spray over it LIGHTLY.
Old engravers made their gravers themselves, bending the tips upwards to fit the curvature of the object being engraved, such as bowls or spoons. Search for these types on the internet and in the older engraving books and there are examples shown.
Sorry to hear about your needing to relocate from your homeland to the USA but maybe it will benefit you in the future. I'm sure the language barrier will be overcome as we all have the ability to communicate, even if regimentally at times. Would love to see some examples of your work.
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Extremely well done! Ray is great teacher, and it shows you listened to him and applied his expertise correctly. Sometimes we artists are a little "set in our ways" and don't want to listen to our instructors.