Conversations about Jewellery Designing and Life
Guess I’m not going back to work next month since my industry lies in the second of the three phases Singapore government has set up to safely reopen back to “normal”. Thing is we don’t know when is Phase 2 exactly since decisions will be made by monitoring the situation, which potentially means at least […]
Read MoreAnother day of engraving, except it’s all done under the microscope. I’m not sure which is more convenient/ efficient for me, engraving with my glasses on without the eye piece rubber guards or engrave without my glasses using the rubber guards. I feel it’s a bit more comfortable to do it without my glasses, but […]
Read MoreFinished shading the previous design. Not too bad. I felt that I’ve done a decent enough job, so I’m giving myself a pat on my shoulder. Well done me! For the next design, I wanted something that is more free flowing and asymmetrical, so I chose this one from the book. Don’t really know how […]
Read MoreI’ve shaded the practice design I was working with yesterday. Went a bit experimental with the lotus flower at the bottom and more conservative with the wings of leaves at the top. It was alright I guess. Next design was a wave inspired crest. A lot of parallel lines involved; very good practice. I took […]
Read MoreI shaded yesterday’s ring of leaves. It was alright I guess. Still couldn’t figure out how to take a nice picture of my engraving. Probably need a ring of light or something to properly illuminate the work. Next, I worked on another leafy design which is basically a motif repeating itself 3 times in a […]
Read MoreI’ve finished stippling the background on the scroll I was working on yesterday. After that, I’ve decided to not waste time designing, but spend more time engraving to hone the skill. For that, I dug out an old book about Japanese family crests and started using the designs within to practice my engraving. Found a […]
Read MoreThought I should practice a bit more on designing and engraving scrolls. So I did. I did a better job removing background this time round; it’s mostly even and flat. Haven’t finish with the stippling though.
Read MoreSo I have finished the Flora coin. The background can be more level and balanced. Even with the stippling, it is obvious that the background isn’t flat. For bigger background removal job like this, I will try to remove with a bur next time. Wave Coin Next, I worked on and finished another coin today. […]
Read MoreStarted working on another coin today. The design was inspired by this illustration of some plant I found online. Don’t really know what plant was it though. Anyway, same thing, I drew it out and transferred the design onto the coin. Cutting the outline was not too much of a problem. The problem is that […]
Read MoreHooked on/while Engraving Last evening, I had this large, curly chip of copper hooked into my right thumb which drew a little blood. So deep it went into my thumb that I couldn’t even remove it straight out; had to twist it back along the curl through my skin and flesh. It was just a […]
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