Practice Plate / scroll & flowers

[JMiller]

A couple of practice plates.... after Sam posted Ken Hunts plates that he had done when he was young I was impressed and inspired to try and fill the space on the plate, and with some helpful instruction I tried to do better on my scrolls.

 

[Turquoise Tiger]

That's Lovely

 

[JJ Roberts]

Jeff,Your on the right track,very nice. J.J.

 

[sam]

Nicely done! I especially like the scrolls on the 2nd plate.

 

[mobaiz]

Very beautiful work

 

[thughes]

Nicely done.

Todd

 

[mtlctr]

Practice huh? when you plan to do some real work?

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

those are awesome great job!

 

[Brian Marshall]

I predict the end of your "practice" is gonna be about next week...

You are definitely gonna be exempt from the standard recommendation of filling a 5 gallon bucket with practice plates before you start taking jobs!


Brian

 

[Toad]

I like these a lot

 

[KCSteve]

I agree - they're quite nice. The second plate is really interesting. It's a clear example that the 'rules' of scroll construction / flow don't always apply. Even though some of the secondary scrolls are coming off 'wrong' the plate looks great.

 

[JMiller]

Thanks Sam and everyone for the comments! Brian, no paying jobs yet so I guess I'll keep practicing? I do have a question about the flow of scroll, I am still learning and find it challenging to make scroll fit/ flow and still look good. I have seen scroll start off the end of a tendril which is what I was attempting on the secondary scrolls. Is this a correct way to accomplish this or is there another way to make it look right?.... below are a couple of examples of what I was attempting, Thanks again!

 

[Brian Marshall]

They "normally" would alternate. You've got 'em rolling the same direction...


Brian

 

[JMiller]

They "normally" would alternate. You've got 'em rolling the same direction...


Brian

Got it... Thanks Brian!

 

[monk]

lovely work, for sure.

 

[JMiller]

Thank you Monk!

 

[JOEYS CARVED ART]

Those plates look great, nice and clean!!

 

[Dimas]

Very nice, greetings

 

[zzcutter]

Very nicely done, would look great on a Ruger No. 1

 

[Hubert Damperat]

Really Nice scrolls
in the first work, I think it may have a darker shading.
(But it is maybe the photo result who do that)