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Old 05-20-2005, 08:50 PM
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A little practice plate

Hi Folks:
I was messing around with a small practice plate and thought I would
put it up so you all could see. This is a piece of scrap o-1 tool steel, with copper wire
inlay. Sorry for the poor photos, this is an area I am also working on
Your comments and or critiques are welcome.
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Old 05-20-2005, 09:22 PM
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Very nice work Darren! Dang I wish I could get to your level. I'd retire happy.


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Old 05-20-2005, 10:04 PM
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That looks great darren, you sure got alot in a very small area. Nice leathery background.
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Old 05-20-2005, 10:05 PM
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Very, Very nicely done.......love your work.
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Old 05-21-2005, 06:23 AM
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Darren,
This is very nice. I like the depth of shading you are getting next to the inlayed stems. Thanks for showing it.

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Old 05-21-2005, 07:44 AM
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Darren,

I like the design. The shading is very well done. I only see one thing that sticks out at me.

This may be due to the photo so it might not be a fair criticism of the work but the background looks a litte uneven. I can't tell if what I am seeing is becasue of reflections in the photo or not.

Your inlay is nice and clean too.

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Old 05-21-2005, 08:52 AM
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Very nice Darren!!! I especially like the shading, the inlay and the border around the outside copper inlay. I'm always impressed when anyone shows their work under such magnification.
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Old 05-21-2005, 10:58 AM
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####.... Thats superb.


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Old 05-21-2005, 08:05 PM
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darren there is only one thing i can say about this project . it is afull .......... GOOD . yes your back ground is a little un ever but your scroll work does make up for that little problem .. it looks to me like you used an rotary tool for removing the back ground, when i do it i use a square chisel and keep cutting lines until i get the depth that i want and then i use a flat punch and gover it again and flatten out all of the chisel marks and then i stippel over that, it may sound like a lot of work but it does look good . thanks again for posting your work .. will you be in atlanta .. ron


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Old 05-21-2005, 11:55 PM
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Thanks guys for the nice compliments

Ray you are right, it's not the camera, I just didn't put the time into the background that
I should have. No excuse for me on that, I know what to do and how to do it, I just didn't follow through. A good lessen here for some of the knew guys and gals. DON"T Skimp on your work and think it might go un noticed. I will practice what I preach next time.

Thanks again and thanks for keeping me on my toes.

I really wish I could get to blade this year to meet you all but it's just not in the cards.
When is the Chicago show? I might be able to make that one.


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Darren, here's the link to the show.
Hope you can make it...lots of eye candy there!

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Thanks Tim.
I hope I can make it.
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