[Phil Coggan]

This one was done this year. It's The "Nile" gun.
The scene below is of the battle of the Nile.


The same gun, this time the scene is of Nelson receiving his eye injury.


Detail of the same scene.
For those of you not familier with guns, this area is a little over 30mm. long.


Portrait of Nelson on the bottom of the action.


Portrait from gun No1 of a pair of guns called the "20's"


Multi coloured gold guns, flush and raised/carved.

[dante lopez]

hi hoouuuuu ,how do you get the different colors of shade in the steel ,is it acid or is carved thanks is a beautiful work

[sergio]

Fantastic, do you work with a microscope ?

[Natasha]

Hello Phil!
You create miracles! I cannot imagine the whole work behind the finish. Thank You very much for this possibility to see your masterpieces!

[Phil Coggan]

dante lopez, on Dec 14 2009, 09:03 PM, said:

hi hoouuuuu ,how do you get the different colors of shade in the steel ,is it acid or is carved thanks is a beautiful work

The shades are created by crosshatching in various directions.

sergio, on Dec 14 2009, 09:29 PM, said:

Fantastic, do you work with a microscope ?

I use a 4.5x head loupe and a 10x handloupe for the fine work, no microscope.

Phil

[Charles Wu]

Phil,
What a miracle!
lucky to see your masterpieces here.

[sergio]

Hi Phil, your work in black and white is wonderfull, and i am sure that it 's more beautiful in reality than here on the web. It's not common to choose naval subject on gun's, is it ?

[JP Anderson]

Phil,

Your not simply a great engraver your also a master illustrator. I'm a big fan.

John