Carved Lee Helgeland Winchester Model 70 458 Magnum by Barry Lee Hands

[Barry Lee Hands]

Hi Silverchip, ten min or so, depending on the temp, and it stays not perfect, but moderately level.

 

[Denny]

Barry thank you so much for this, I really want to give it a try. The Cronite Steel Etching Acid is easy to find but I am having trouble with the ground. I cannot find "Sands Etching Ground" or the company Paravano in NJ. Could you give a little more detail on where to get the ground you use. Thank you.

 

[Caty Blom]

Nice work, and a great example for me to see how you do the scrols en the background. Thanks for sharing, greetings Caty.

 

[Barry Lee Hands]

Hi Dennny,
Those are the correct names, you a should be able to track it down with that.
Thanks Caty,

 

[rsharrard]

Hello Barry, Thanks for all the information you have taken the time to provide us!!! I'm having the same results a Denny, no matter which search engine used. Paravano comes up as a commercial printing Litho company in PA and all searches for Sands Or Sand's etching ground comes up with lots of references to types of grounds but nothing specific to that name or distributor. Robin

 

[Denny]

For those who are interested here is the information on the etching ground that Barry uses. Barry was correct and I just needed to look harder. I just talked to a very nice Mr. Philip Paravano from Paravano Company Incorporated, in Willow Grove, PA. They do sell the Sands Etching Ground that Barry uses. Contact information: Philip@paravanocompany.com or 215-659-4600. I ordered one bottle and he is sending a payPal bill. It is about $28 per bottle plus shipping.

 

[rsharrard]

I guess I should have called them as they only listed printing services and no other products, and they were in PA not NJ.

 

[Barry Lee Hands]

I am glad you found the info, I must have had the location wrong.
After another etch, the legs are painted in:

And after a final etch, all the ground is removed with paint thinner, leaving the rough elephant:

 

[mtgraver]

Thanks Barry, the last photo shows what I was curious about, the depth of etch. That is a lot of material removed in a nice selective manner. I was familiar with etching printing cylinders in a roto gravure printing shop many years ago so this technique holds a lot of interest for me. I appreciate the time it takes to record the process.
Mark

 

[Barry Lee Hands]

You are welcome Mark.
Next, I start punching it up.

And cleaning up the edges with a flat:

 

[Marrinan]

Barry Lee, Thank you for your outstanding effort in sharing your techniques. Fred

 

[Barry Lee Hands]

You are welcome Fred, and thank you for all you have done.
Here is another pic with the eyes defined:

 

[golden forge]

Barry, thank you for taking the time to document and share the process you use for your work, it's very informative and beautiful to see.

 

[Barry Lee Hands]

Barry, thank you for taking the time to document and share the process you use for your work, it's very informative and beautiful to see.

Thanks, after fiddling about, I came up with this:

 

[tkelch]

that is amazing thank you for showing this

 

[Mike Bissell]

That's some great fiddling, Barry

 

[Roger Bleile]

Is that Arabic writing and a crown at the bottom?

 

[Barry Lee Hands]

That is my signature "HANDZ" in my version of "west coast freestyle"as used by the Graffiti artists in so cal and other places.
The crown is an modern allegorical reference which indicates I believe I am the "King of my style", this also is taken from so cal graffiti culture and other sources, these days it is considered "Old school".. .

 

[monk]

so much time you have taken to do the fotos, answer questions, we all owe you for this. i've never seen such a more well presented and complete tutorial than what you have given us. all i can say, is thanks for the amazing body of work you have done and shared. no question, you earned the right to the "crown" !

 

[Crazy Horse]

I may have missed it in an earlier post, but can you tell us the depth of relief in this piece? it truly is amazing work. I'm afraid to ask the mount of time spent just on the elephant.