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A study with more experiments. I'm really happy with how this is turning out. So far no major problems and the process seems adaptable enough that I can have some fun with it.
This piece is about 1/3 of the actual panel I'm going to make next. Even the full panel is still work to learn on. The inspiration is from a map with gold boarder and markings that I saw in a book of about a 1650 navigation manuscript. (I'll post more details later if people are interested).
From my wood art experiences, I recall seeing people use spalted wood and present it as a map / map like. The piece of wood in this test is very boring, the actual one I'm going to use is much more map like.
The step forward with this trial was to add engraving and color fill for the engraving. The numbers are filled with red epoxy and the lines with India ink. The lines are quite good (only about .01 or less in width). I did screw up and cut them all in only one direction which leaves one side less clean than the other (climb cut vs. normal cut). Final passes in both directions come out cleaner (did that on the prior test).
Here are the shots:
Quarter is for reference size, about 1.2 X 2.4
Really having fun with this and excited about it!
-Dave
This piece is about 1/3 of the actual panel I'm going to make next. Even the full panel is still work to learn on. The inspiration is from a map with gold boarder and markings that I saw in a book of about a 1650 navigation manuscript. (I'll post more details later if people are interested).
From my wood art experiences, I recall seeing people use spalted wood and present it as a map / map like. The piece of wood in this test is very boring, the actual one I'm going to use is much more map like.
The step forward with this trial was to add engraving and color fill for the engraving. The numbers are filled with red epoxy and the lines with India ink. The lines are quite good (only about .01 or less in width). I did screw up and cut them all in only one direction which leaves one side less clean than the other (climb cut vs. normal cut). Final passes in both directions come out cleaner (did that on the prior test).
Here are the shots:
Quarter is for reference size, about 1.2 X 2.4
Really having fun with this and excited about it!
-Dave