When rolling sheet metal, annealing/softening the metal beforehand, with the torch or kiln, and every few passes thru the mill annealing/softening the metal with torch or kiln, realligns the crystalline structure of the metal, otherwise, the metal gets work hardened, and has a tendency to...
I am left handed but was trained to engrave with my right hand. I adapted well, and holding a graver with my left hand feels extremely wrong and awkward! That being said, if you are just starting out, for most of us, I believe a left hander can learn from the beginning to engrave with the...
93 Year Old Ivory Carver
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/24/fashion/jewelry-ivory-sculptor-paris.html?referringSource=articleShare&fbclid=IwAR0Ui2KtUoCueKslm28XXSCpyy6KwrtKXQgwvZIL6Ga1a8eiufY58wYCbYM
If it's a labor of love, not always practical, the time required to finish it, is when you as an artist consider it done. It should be the best you can do, at your current skill level! Your standards should change as your skillset improves! Obviously when you're doing this for a living, time...