An umpteenth version of this sentence engraved on the Oracle’s temple in Delphi : Know thyself.
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This time, I mixed an embossed roman capital with its greek counterpart, letterred on tin and electro-etched to show the hidden parts of the roman caps.
I’m very happy with the result, already thinking of new works using the same technique. Impatient !!!
To see the whole thing, click here. The pic is not very good, it’s difficult to get enough light to reveal the whole etching :-
Filigrees on cloth
Xmas is approaching fast
Stained glass
Back from Coulon where I spent a marvellous week in Gérard Guerry’s workshop, I can show you my latest work.
As it wasn’t very convenient to bring all the mandatory materials for engraving/etching, I went back to work on paper.
It’s the structure of a stained glass window from Saint Hilaire church in Niort, embossed with carbon paper. I finished it by filling the pattern with my unavoidable filigrees 🙂
To see the whole work, follow the link to the gallery.
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Corpses of cities
At last, I’m done with the calligraphy of Giovanni Papini‘s short story, Corpses of cities.
I used most of my favourites techniques to do this job and I must say that I’m quite happy with the result.
Embossing on carbon paper
Zinc engraving and filigrees
To have a look to the whole work, click here.
Rose window
not really
I told you recently about an embossing I intented to use within a calligraphic work, here is the result.
I’m not happy with it… at all. I’ll have to try something else.
Moon
First try with embossing on an old plate of zinc with a carbon paper between it an the embossed paper.
I’m quite happy with it, I intend to complete it with a fragment from the Satiricon by Petronius, the bit that starts with : “As when, in the sleep-bringing night dreams sport with the wandering eyes …”