The Wife of Llew (The beautiful glass engraving by the talented Susan Burne)

All photos are © to Mrs. Burne and have been used with her permission.

Such a beautiful piece and so well crafted. The images seem to come alive when you look at the beautiful piece of art. Sue explains of the vase:

"In the legend Blodeuwedd is created for Llew by his magician uncle but is unfaithful to her husband and as punishment is turned into an owl".

I wanted to share this with you all today. I have known Sue for a few years... and she is such a sweet, talented and kind woman. She recently shared her work with us and I asked if I could share it on my this blog with you all. Sue is a drill engraver who started her work with glass back in 2001. She is an associate fellow of the Guild of Glass Engravers and a craft member of the Somerset Guild of Craftsmen. To see more of Sue's work visit her web site:

http://www.sueburne.co.uk/

Thank you so much for visiting!

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

A small photo from the book: Glass Engraving Course and Patterns by Eastern Publishing

(click on the photo to enlarge) Image is © to Eastern Publishing.

Glass Engraving Course and Patterns by Eastern Publishing is one of the most popular posts on here and a good little book. I decided to share with you all another photo. I hope you all like it.