Phil, This is going to be a wonderful piece. I really enjoy all of the subtle little details such as the dots which I didn't notice until I saw the blow-up.
Lee
Phil, I would normally would make no comment on your work because it is so far above anything I can do, but a couple of things caught my eye in looking at the close up shot of your work. I noticed a couple design details that to me were very intriguing. The dots or bumps in the lower leaves I don't recall seeing them in a design before. The main stem of the leaf at the lower left side of the lever is different from all the others. The main stem of the leaf that joins the first leaf I mentioned has engraved lines accross the stem and you used this on a leaf on the right side of the lever again but I can find it nowhere else in your design. These little differences I find very interesting and I am intrigued by your decision to use them so sparingly and only in this one location in your design. I find this design a joy to study because it is not repetitive to the point that once you have looked at one area of the design the other areas are just the same.
Thank you very much for sharing such beautiful work.
Very nice design and execution Phil!
Your ornamentation is completely original and yet also in the English tradition. It makes me think of the artistic movement "Arts and Craft"
Alain
Phill, you keep amazing me with your fine work. The more I progress in my learning process, the more refined beauty I discover in your designs and engraving.
Hi Phil, Most excellent!!! I also was wondering about the dot looking spots in the close-up, were they for a particular effect? I'd like to understand the reason for the method, if that makes much sense. A very subtle touch that I find quite intriguing.
Mark www.MarkThomas-graver.com