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Posted 19 May 2008 - 02:57 PM

Hello everyone , I am new to here, a glass engraver/carver working from Derbyshire, England .I have been an engraver for 30+years 26 of which have been as a full time professional. I work mainly on lead crystal and optical crystal pieces but also on cased glass and multi cased cameo glass using a dental drill and diamond ,+ stone burrs. I have exhibited my work in USA, Japan, Hong Kong, Germany and Italy as well as various parts of the UK. I am mainly a wildlife artist but cover any subjects with my commission work such as portraits, biuldings, crests ect,. here is a piece I have just finished titled " Spirits of the Forest " if you look carefully you can see various faces, figures or "spirits" I have just sold this piece to a collector.

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Posted 19 May 2008 - 06:00 PM

Welcome Glassartist. Very impressive detail and quite evocative.

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Jim
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Posted 19 May 2008 - 08:08 PM

That's a beautiful, subtractive way to bring about an image. Do you tend to focus on one element at a time, or bring things up equally as you work?

The finished product reminds me of the fancy watermarks seen on banknotes. (although those are created by wax sculpting a model first)

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Posted 20 May 2008 - 08:18 AM

View PostDoug Sanders, on May 19 2008, 09:08 PM, said:

That's a beautiful, subtractive way to bring about an image. Do you tend to focus on one element at a time, or bring things up equally as you work?

The finished product reminds me of the fancy watermarks seen on banknotes. (although those are created by wax sculpting a model first)


I start with a basic idea in my head and mark out the piece more for positions and perspective then start engraving but add things as i go along, the cased pieces take a long time to do as you have to be precise to how much of the colour you remove, I worked on this a bit at a time in between my more ordinary"keep the bank happy " work, taking about 14 months to complete

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Posted 20 May 2008 - 12:21 PM

Here is a naive question, do you cut from the inside or from the outside?

Janel
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Posted 21 May 2008 - 05:07 AM

Beautiful work, thanks for sharing it.

Don

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Posted 21 May 2008 - 11:16 AM

View PostJanel, on May 20 2008, 01:21 PM, said:

Here is a naive question, do you cut from the inside or from the outside?

Janel


Hi Janel , this piece is engraved on the outside as the casing of colour is outside but I have worked on pieces such as large open bowls where the casing is on the underpart so the carving shows through the clear glass, actually I think this looks better and is more effective

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Posted 21 May 2008 - 11:23 AM

View PostJanel, on May 20 2008, 01:21 PM, said:

Here is a naive question, do you cut from the inside or from the outside?

Janel



I looked at your website Janel, fabulous work ,I really like the dragonfly lotus pod

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Posted 21 May 2008 - 11:58 AM

Thank you for the compliment, and for explaining about the inside/outside carving. The outer carving must add an interesting tactile adventure when someone is allowed to hold the piece. When seeing a smooth surface, then the tactile information becomes a mystery. Both are positive assets with your kind of work with glass in my opinion.

Janel
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Posted 21 May 2008 - 12:37 PM

If the carving is one the inside, I'd imagine it would be tough to eat your morning cereal! :)

(couldn't resist) :blush:

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