liner lock engraving

[Ste82]

Hi all!
i'd like to share with you my latest engraving on a small liner lock from the knife maker Martin Gamper.
I hope you like it!

 

[John P. Anderson]

Very nice. I'd be proud to carry that in my pocket.

 

[Marrinan]

Well done! using slightly different shading techniques on various elements ahs created color in this piece congratulations. I believe this should be a focus in modern scroll engraving and strive for it in my nonproduction work, You know the stuff at the back of the bench that is mine and I get little time to work on. This work needs study beyond the glance that is for sue. Thanks Fred

 

[scott99]

Hi,I like the work very much. The engraving shows off the grip plates and the grip melds into the engraving,very nice.

scott99

 

[RDP]

Beautiful work Ste, very much like the shading, thanks for sharing,

Richard.

 

[Ste82]

Thank you all...your words are a great motivation for me, i try to do my best, but Fred, you are probably overrating my job!
I'm still a novice and there is so much to learn...!

 

[dlilazteca]

Nice shading!

Carlos De La O III

 

[Marrinan]

Ste82, You will note that the different line pattern you use in your shading creates a different hue or color. If you use the same line pattern it is shading and getting darker as you move toward the base or overlap. This difference is just the shading. When you use lines differently on various elements you come as close to color as you can in black and white. If you did it unintentionally it came out well. As an example, if you create leaves with two different shapes then shade with different lining in your shading you will create color in black and white. The same happens when you shade the back of a peddle differently than the front. Intentional or not it worked. Fred

 

[santos]

Molto bello STE ,you have achieved very nice effects in your shadding , congratulations!

 

[Ste82]

Thanks Fred, my english is a bit limited but my intention was to say that i'm honored by your comment, though on this forum, there is a lot of people that produce engravings that deserve much more than mine to be taken as study material.. the shading in my engravings are intentional and planned, to be honest the drawing part is a slow process for me and it could take me easily more than a week (luckily i have a job with a lot of waiting time to be spent musing about design!) but i agree with you about the shading technique and i'm happy you liked my way of doing it!
Greetings,
Stefano