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| The original drawing. |
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| The wet surface of the prepared stone ~ after filing and resurfacing to round and soften the edges. |
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| Transferring the letters |
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| Carving... |
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| Washing and resurfacing once more to prepare the stone for sealing and gilding. |
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| Applying the gold leaf (sometimes things do have to look worse before they look better!) |
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| This finished letters ~ in natural light. |
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| Lettering detail with gold leaf. |
beautiful carving....beautiful photography.....
ReplyDeleteThanks for this photo essay...beautiful work...
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing. A high level pice of artwork.
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