OmahaDerbyCovers
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Good morning, engravers!
My name is Jeff Miller, and I want to thank the moderators for approving my account.
I'm not an engraver. I am a sculptor who makes decorative motorcycle parts out of cast bronze. I don't want anyone here to think I'm trying to promote my business here, so I won't list it. (I assume if you google "jeff miller omaha motorcycle parts" you'll get there).
I do bas relief sculpting digitally (I use ZBrush), then produce a 3D print from that. The 3D print is then used to create a rubber mold, which in turn is used to create a wax copy of the original print. I then do lost wax casting (exclusively in bronze) to make the piece.
I joined because I have a client who is looking for a piece with the number "128" sculpted on it. I'm really not the guy for making generic parts, so I had the idea of dressing it up with decorative scrollwork. Seemed simple enough, until I started researching it, and realized I was completely stumped in terms of composition. Which is to say, I can look at an example of some nicely executed scrollwork and envision how I'd go about sculpting it as bas relief, but I'm at a bit of a loss figuring out how implement the basic layout on my client's piece...without it looking like a 12 year old did it, anyway.
With that in mind, I joined here, mainly so I have access to all the images. I'm hoping that will give me a bit of inspiration on how to tackle my project.
If I've still got you after all that, thank you for reading. I look forward to learning from all of you.
Best regards,
Jeff
My name is Jeff Miller, and I want to thank the moderators for approving my account.
I'm not an engraver. I am a sculptor who makes decorative motorcycle parts out of cast bronze. I don't want anyone here to think I'm trying to promote my business here, so I won't list it. (I assume if you google "jeff miller omaha motorcycle parts" you'll get there).
I do bas relief sculpting digitally (I use ZBrush), then produce a 3D print from that. The 3D print is then used to create a rubber mold, which in turn is used to create a wax copy of the original print. I then do lost wax casting (exclusively in bronze) to make the piece.
I joined because I have a client who is looking for a piece with the number "128" sculpted on it. I'm really not the guy for making generic parts, so I had the idea of dressing it up with decorative scrollwork. Seemed simple enough, until I started researching it, and realized I was completely stumped in terms of composition. Which is to say, I can look at an example of some nicely executed scrollwork and envision how I'd go about sculpting it as bas relief, but I'm at a bit of a loss figuring out how implement the basic layout on my client's piece...without it looking like a 12 year old did it, anyway.
With that in mind, I joined here, mainly so I have access to all the images. I'm hoping that will give me a bit of inspiration on how to tackle my project.
If I've still got you after all that, thank you for reading. I look forward to learning from all of you.
Best regards,
Jeff
