Raised gold inlay

[Leland Davis]

I have the squirrels ready for raised gold inlay, I think. Is there anything you see I need to address before I screw something up?
Thanks, Leland

 

[papart1]

I don't............lets go!!!! Rob

 

[SamW]

At this stage I make an acetate overlay indexed on the scroll pattern and then outline the animals so that when the gold is set I can find the outline of the animal and know where to trim the gold.

 

[John B.]

As Sam says!
It helps a lot.

 

[FANCYGUN]

Ditto what same says.. I use or should say, just reuse my pictorico overlay that I used to transfer and cut my originsl outline

 

[SamW]

The transfer I use to originally locate an animal does not have indexing to use again for the gold. I doubt that by the time I redraw, cut and add teeth that the outline would be accurate enough so I make a new indexed overlay.

 

[Leland Davis]

Thank you all. I have not seen the overlay talked about before that will help a lot. I have been practicing on a plate with fine silver trimming it back after inlay was my biggest worry.
Thanks again.

 

[mitch]

You can make a smoke print that will be exact. Instead of putting the tape on paper, stick it to some sort of clear film- acetate, mylar, whatever. Be sure to clean the inlay cavities well after the smoke.

 

[Leland Davis]

Mitch the smoke pull is going to work great. Rabbits on the other side
Thank you all for your help it will give me a better chance to pull this off.

 

[SamW]

I suggest you try both methods and see which works best for you.

 

[Leland Davis]

Sam, I did and have your method and Mitch's ready. I can index both with the scrolls. The way I tried your method with what I had was put block printers ink on the scroll and taped a piece of transfer sheet over the scroll and scene. then rolled over it. I got a good enough pattern to index and the outline of the squirrels.
How should I have done it?
Thanks

 

[SamW]

Whatever works for you. I tape a piece of clear acetate over the area then scribe in some scroll intersections for indexing then scribe in the outline of the animals. This way I can see the excess gold and everything else very easily.

 

[Leland Davis]

Alright Sam I get it now, your method actually has a mechanical index. I now have 3 different overlays.
I should be able to make it work.
Thank you all