Comments on: Door Ornament: The King of the Jungle http://blog.olansa.co.uk/2008/02/25/door-ornament-the-king-of-the-jungle/ Printmaking, SF&F Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:01:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David http://blog.olansa.co.uk/2008/02/25/door-ornament-the-king-of-the-jungle/comment-page-1/#comment-354 David Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:04:42 +0000 http://blog.olansa.co.uk/2008/02/25/door-ornament-the-king-of-the-jungle/#comment-354 Hi Mark, You're right -- they vary in tone from gold to light green to an olivey colour. As for sharp tools and fine lines, I have a flexcut strop block and a plain leather strip ready the whole time! I'm trying to use knives only for some of the fine detail, but that gets through a lot of x-acto blades :-) I'm beginning to think about doing engravings. For now I'll hold off as there's galv etching to try as well! In the meantime I'll see about sourcing some decent cherry blocks... cheers, David Hi Mark,

You’re right — they vary in tone from gold to light green to an olivey colour. As for sharp tools and fine lines, I have a flexcut strop block and a plain leather strip ready the whole time! I’m trying to use knives only for some of the fine detail, but that gets through a lot of x-acto blades :-)

I’m beginning to think about doing engravings. For now I’ll hold off as there’s galv etching to try as well! In the meantime I’ll see about sourcing some decent cherry blocks…

cheers,

David

]]> By: Mark Mason http://blog.olansa.co.uk/2008/02/25/door-ornament-the-king-of-the-jungle/comment-page-1/#comment-352 Mark Mason Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:44:23 +0000 http://blog.olansa.co.uk/2008/02/25/door-ornament-the-king-of-the-jungle/#comment-352 Hi David, It looks like the block you're carving on is one of the Magnolia blocks from Intaglio. Does it have a very light green colour? I've used them before and they're nice and soft to carve, but you have to be really careful with fine lines, and keep your knives very sharp. Your image looks like an engraving. Would that have been a better way to go with this one to avoid blocks chipping? Cheers, Mark. Hi David,
It looks like the block you’re carving on is one of the Magnolia blocks from Intaglio. Does it have a very light green colour? I’ve used them before and they’re nice and soft to carve, but you have to be really careful with fine lines, and keep your knives very sharp.

Your image looks like an engraving. Would that have been a better way to go with this one to avoid blocks chipping?

Cheers, Mark.

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