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Old 03-08-2007, 11:19 PM
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This is a detail of some work by Joe Fugger, done a long, long time ago...


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Old 03-09-2007, 04:06 AM
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Very beautiful piece. I'm especially impressed by the detail shading on the mountains which gives them a lot of character and the way its laid out so the scroll work mirrors the peak of the mountains. The stripped effect on the border separation is something I haven't seen before.

Now what do you think about the assymetry of the border area? There's mirror imaging right down to the flowers at the base where the center stem is placed off center. Then the border separation (I'm not sure what the term for that is) which seems to be on a very slight angle before it dips up and down on the ends and then has the extra piece on the top right which kind of rhymes with the small scroll above it.

And then there's the single small scroll in the top left of the mountain panel which again kind of rhymes with the part of the border its near. Kind of surreal.

I even like the way the recessed parts are not stippled but flow with the work.

I really like this piece. Thanks for posting it.

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Old 03-09-2007, 05:16 AM
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Thanks Barry,

I was just looking thru L.D. Nimschke's book and the amazing design elements he used to fill areas. Once again, if you can draw it, you can cut it.
Didn't Winston Churchill study under Fugger at Abercrombie and Fitch? What a time that must have been.
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Old 03-09-2007, 08:58 AM
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Thanks Allan and Mark for the comments.
I like the assymetry of the border, it is very Germanic. I have seen this style called neuenglitche arabasken.
Joe Fugger studied some under Kornbrath, and Winston studied under Fugger. If you take this apart line by line it is very similar to Winston, but of course Mr. Churchill has taken this form to a much higher level.
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Barry is correct re. who taught whome . However, did you know that Bob Swartley also studied under Fugger ? Ken
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Good point Ken.
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Just think about not having good magnification and doing that kind of work. I saw Pedersoli engrave with just a loupe and I tried it and it is difficult at best. With microscopes and the tools we have we have alot to learn.

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Having just got my microscope I learned an interesting thing: Now that I have it, I don't necessarily need it.

Once I was able to really see what I was doing in some fine shading cuts under the scope I was able to do similar work without it (but with an Optivisor). All of these guys that have been cutting without a scope for so long learned what I learned, which is exactly where the tip of the graver is. I was fortunate in that I was able to learn it with a lot less trial and error.

Still love my new scope though!
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I like those little tendrils that frame in the scrolls. I need to work on that, it can't be that difficult but it sure adds alot.

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