I am back!

Hello everyone;

I took a break a bit from blogging, so I could read and practice more my engraving.

My blog has not stopped attracting new visitors and I still get messages from all over the place; I hope to now start sharing more about the beautiful art I love.

Here is a new sample and video of one of my latest work. I hope you all can see a bit of progress.

Book review (kind of): Pattern Sheets Hand Glass Engraving Swiss Technique [Loose Leaf]

All images are © to T.Bolliger 1984

I got these as a gift lat week and liked them. Though I tend to like the intaglio engraving more, this is a good way to get an idea of shading and light and how to acquire that look when doing surface engraving.

These sheets have absolutely no instructions, there are just lose sheets for you to use. The number of sheets is 11. Here is an amazon.com link if you are interested in getting it:

http://www.amazon.com/Pattern-Sheets-Glass-Engraving-Technique/dp/B005UGXR5Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1336663756&sr=8-1

I got # TB-P2 (which has 11 sheets shown in the link above and of course I am giving you some large images here so you can appreciate them)

It very much reminds me of the book :

Glass Engraving Course and Patterns by Eastern Publishing


Which I have reviewed here: http://glassengravers.blogspot.com/2011/09/book-review-glass-engraving-bourse-and.html
It has great instructions and a very nice little book =) You can buy it on amazon.com also : http://www.amazon.com/Glass-Engraving-Course-Patterns-Diamond/dp/B004US0OVS/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336664613&sr=1-2

Thanks for visiting!


Leenah

Book Review: Glass Engraving Course and Patterns by Eastern Publishing

All images are © to Eastern Publishing.

Photos from top to bottom 1) Front Cover, 2) Back cover, 3 and 4) Samples found in book (no page number given)

I will make a quick review about this book, the reason this review is not going to be so detailed; is because this isn’t one of my favourite books. This book concentrates in surface engraving (sort of scratching the glass with out a drill or a motorized tool) but with a tip holder and diamond and stone burrs. There are no chapters in the book but it has about 18 pages of instructions and about 20 pages of samples and step by step figures on how to do certain engravings. The samples are not quiet as professional as I would like.

One must remember, to be great you must study great exemplars… !

These are some of the subjects discussed in the book:

A bit about the history of glass

Types of glass

Material needed

Helpful hint

The workplace and lighting

The right position is important!

Glass engraving techniques

Can I use the diamond engraver tips in my electric of flex shaft engraver?

Preparing for engraving

Step by step illustrated instruction for your first attempts (22 steps)

Attaching patterns to the outer surface of the glass

These subjects are not discussed in great detail, but you can get the idea.

Because I am awesome… if you want to buy it?? Here it is!

http://www.amazon.com/Creative-glass-Engraving-course-Patterns/dp/B000X1W8KG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317094268&sr=8-1

I got the book for 2.98 dollars, at a local book store in their “used section”

A friend recommended to buy the burrs (any diamond burrs that you would like to use) and use these type of mechanical pencils (just make sure the burrs fit the pencils)

http://www.amazon.com/Alvin-Co-DRAFT-MATIC-PENCIL/dp/B001DKIWM4/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1317094399&sr=8-14

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Thank you for reading and happy happy happy ENGRAVING!