Who said it?

[sam]

“Yes I would like more details on the GraverMeister machine you wrote about. I have seen a bit of work done by another make but don't know whether they are using the same technique. I think they are okay for shall we say marking out the scene or animal then going over the outline with it with the hand tool. I'm always ready to introduce anything into my field that is time-saving and gives a good result. I go by the saying that it's the finished work that counts and a lot of people don't always care about the purist who does a thing as to the book if it turns out the same in the end. Why not a helpful machine that gets the job over donkey work? I have learned from the past that it isn't nice to dismiss anything new because the things I thought weren't the same as i was accustomed to have now dominated my whole working system to advantage.â€￾


NOTE: I have slightly edited the quote to remove giveaway hints.

 

[Willem Parel]

James B Meek.

 

[mitch]

Robert Oppenheimer.

 

[GTJC460]

Knowing how you like to quote and discuss Lynton McKenzie, I'm going to say him Plus, he'd be from the right era

 

[dlilazteca]

Knowing how you like to quote and discuss Lynton McKenzie, I'm going to say him Plus, he'd be from the right era

I second McKenzie

Carlos De La O III

 

[DakotaDocMartin]

“Yes I would like more details on the GraverMeister machine you wrote about.”

NOTE: I have slightly edited the quote to remove giveaway hints.

I think that's a giveaway that it's not James B Meek.

 

[Marrinan]

I don't think Lynton. He might have talked about background removal but not game scenes-Sam?

 

[sam]

I'll let others add their comments and thoughts and reveal who it is after awhile. Great comments and guesses!

 

[Weldon47]

Michelangelo

 

[silverchip]

My mind is thinking" Italian Engraver". ????

 

[Jim Kelso]

Firmo the man

 

[bildio]

How about multiple choice?

 

[Texasgerd]

I'll throw a different name....Ken Hunt. He was raised under the traditional styles and the term "donkey work" really fits him.

 

[SamW]

You are funny Mitch!

 

[sam]

I'll throw a different name....Ken Hunt. He was raised under the traditional styles and the term "donkey work" really fits him.

BINGO! Those are Ken Hunt's words from a February 1972 letter to an American engraver Wilton English. What a open mind he had during a period when so many engravers were close minded and secretive about their techniques. Ken was (and is) very sharing and an open book about everything pertaining to hand engraving.

 

[rayf24]

I don't have clue but a stab in the dark chuchhill ?

 

[guzzi]

BINGO! Those are Ken Hunt's words from a February 1972 letter to an American engraver Wilton English. What a open mind he had during a period when so many engravers were close minded and secretive about their techniques. Ken was (and is) very sharing and an open book about everything pertaining to hand engraving.

He is one of the nicest and all-round art talented gentleman I have ever met in this field of engraving. It was a true treasure to meet him and Winston Churchill while at GRS. jb

 

[Texasgerd]

It was a pure luck guess on my part. I've seen videos of him talking, and knowing his background, I made a guess. It wasn’t as easy as one like “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.”

Dan