Marcus Hunt
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Wow Sam, that is beautiful. Stuff like this should stop the 'tool wars' argument for good.
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Arnaud & Chapi: I'm glad to see you reverse engineering the design in order to better understand how it was made. Of course I begin by drawing the backbones just as Arnaud has shown, then fill with the other elements inside the scrolls.
Chapi: I've never noticed the S-shapes you've uncovered. Interesting
Marcus: My tools at that time were very basic hammer & chisel and push gravers, with gravers sharpened by hand on a whetstone, and design transfers were done by smoke pulls and transfer wax. Pretty primitive by today's standards and with a much steeper learning curve! Of course the pencil was the most important part of this equation.
Unfortunately that will probably not be the case.
~Sam
Chapi: I've never noticed the S-shapes you've uncovered. Interesting
Marcus: My tools at that time were very basic hammer & chisel and push gravers, with gravers sharpened by hand on a whetstone, and design transfers were done by smoke pulls and transfer wax. Pretty primitive by today's standards and with a much steeper learning curve! Of course the pencil was the most important part of this equation.
Unfortunately that will probably not be the case.
~Sam
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