Banknote engraving examples

[Sam]

Thought I'd share these with the group.

 

[JMiller]

Thanks Sam, those are excellent pictures to study....
Here's a link to a commercial arist that does ink and scratch board
https://www.youtube.com/user/scratchboardart/videos
Not the same process as banknote but good
drawings to study.

 

[John B.]

Thank you for sharing the wonderful banknote portraits Sam. They are fantastic study material.
I believe drawing with pen and ink also teaches much of the same discipline of shading and contour that we use in engraving.
Two books that are great for banknote and bulino study are Rendering in Pen and Ink by Arthur L. Guptill, ISBN 0-8230-4529-3 and Sketching Your Favorite Subject in Pen & Ink by Claudia Nice, ISBN 0-89134-472-1.
Another great book on banknote is Gustave Dore Engravings published by Alpine Fine Arts Collection (UK) LTD. ISBN 0-88168-019-4.

 

[diandwill]

Thank you for sharing the wonderful banknote portraits Sam. They are fantastic study material.
I believe drawing with pen and ink also teaches much of the same discipline of shading and contour that we use in engraving.
Two books that are great for banknote and bulino study are Rendering in Pen and Ink by Arthur L. Guptill, ISBN 0-8230-4529-3 and Sketching Your Favorite Subject in Pen & Ink by Claudia Nice, ISBN 0-89134-472-1.
Another great book on banknote is Gustave Dore Engravings published by Alpine Fine Arts Collection (UK) LTD. ISBN 0-88168-019-4.

I don't have that Dore' book, but I do have the Dante' books (Inferno, Paridisio and Purgatorio in Quatro size, with several other Dore' illustrated books. Sometimes they are available in used book stores for a decent price.

 

[John P. Anderson]

I wonder how the background was done on Teddy?

 

[JJ Roberts]

I had a student who engraved the portraits at the bureau of printing & engraving,she has now started a family and no longer engraves. J.J.

 

[Sam]

I wonder how the background was done on Teddy?

Most likely done with a ruling machine. Cronite sells or did sell them.

 

[Roger Bleile]

The late Bob Swartley used a ruling machine in his banknote scenes.

 

[vilts]

What is a ruling machine? Internet search showed only some paper ruling machines for notebooks and such.

 

[takedeadaim]

I get to looking at the fantastic work and drawings here and before I know it 2 hours have passed. Thanks for posting these great examples.

 

[Frank P]

there must be one around here in the cafe , capable of making a video tutorial... a " making of" of a small section...
I am really curious how exactly it s done...

this "scratch board drawings add and remove material, I d like to know how it s done on - I guess- copper or brass plate.
very nice work and impressive images...

 

[Sam]

What is a ruling machine? Internet search showed only some paper ruling machines for notebooks and such.

I'm pretty certain this is what they use, Vilts. http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/imagedetail.aspx?id=6322

 

[Frank P]

is ruling machine another name for guilloché or rose turning machine?
seems that machine have same handles and stuff..

 

[vilts]

I'm pretty certain this is what they use, Vilts. http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/imagedetail.aspx?id=6322

Indeed, fascinating machine. Looks like the simpler ones were just doing controlled XY motions, but fancy ones had all kinds of possible patterns.

 

[Roger Bleile]

is ruling machine another name for guilloché or rose turning machine?
seems that machine have same handles and stuff..

Frank,

The ruling machines are much simpler than a Rose engine/lathe. The Rose has numerous rotary cams that, in combination can make all sorts of designs including guilloché. The Rose is mainly for work on round objects like watches, pendants, and such. Ruling machines are mostly used on flat surfaces such as copper, steel, and wood plates for engraved artwork.

 

[Roger Bleile]

The image below shows a ruling machine in the upper position.

 

[vilts]

I've been studying old print engravings and actually wondered how did they got the shadelines so perfectly parallel and uniform, like the attached NY insurance map crop.

Was this done with ruling machine as well?

What sort of cutter did this machine use? I assume diamond shaped tip that scratched the surface, not actual graver to cut the lines?

 

[Frank P]

Thanks Roger
Sometimes I work with those machines..my question
Was pure grammatical one.sorry for the misunderstanding
Google translator seems confused about it as well ;-)

 

[Frank P]

Viljo check the "burin rangė" thread
Martin gives a very good explanation about those old prints.
I d really like to see a video how some of those unknown tools are used..
http://www.engraverscafe.com/showthread.php?22473-Burin-rang%E9

 

[Crossbolt]

What is a ruling machine? Internet search showed only some paper ruling machines for notebooks and such.

Try Googling "cronite ruling machine"; that gave me appropriate results.

Jeremy