Hand Engraving by Sarah Ladd - Fine art engraving, pure gold inlay, diamond setting

[SarahLadd]

Hmm hmm. Hmmmmm.

 

[RayseM]

Hmmmmm indeed. Maybe you mean YUM.

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

Coming along nicely. 🌶

 

[woodysone]

Hmm hmm. Hmmmmm.View attachment 1837555

Wowzier ! That is beautiful someone is going to be carrying an heirloom.

 

[SarahLadd]

 

[RayseM]

Oh I see it now. You are developing a night sky. In the photos it appears as an ocean scene - must be lighting effect off the reflective bolster. Does anyone else see the ocean? Coming along so very beautifully Sarah.

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

Oh I see it now. You are developing a night sky. In the photos it appears as an ocean scene - must be lighting effect off the reflective bolster. Does anyone else see the ocean? Coming along so very beautifully Sarah.

I see. it's the lighting.

 

[SarahLadd]

Oh I see it now. You are developing a night sky. In the photos it appears as an ocean scene - must be lighting effect off the reflective bolster. Does anyone else see the ocean? Coming along so very beautifully Sarah.

Someone on my Instagram commented that the reflection looks like water. It is just the polished surface, and it will become more stars and other nice details in the night sky.

 

[RayseM]

Checking out your web site and instagram now that you prompted us. You ARE an ARIST, who brings that special talent to engraving too. We are lucky to have you share our Blade Forum. Thanks for that.

 

[SarahLadd]

Checking out your web site and instagram now that you prompted us. You ARE an ARIST, who brings that special talent to engraving too. We are lucky to have you share our Blade Forum. Thanks for that.

Thank you!

It is very small, and barely noticeable, but I have a signature and there are two links there. One is my website and one is my IG. My dotcom is my polished portfolio, my Insta has stuff like pictures of my face and my dog and my chickens on it, mixed with my goldsmithing and engraving stuff. It's a catch-all for all the things I'm invested in.

 

[SarahLadd]

What I have chosen for treatment of the text has been.... challenging. I hope that I can get the look I'm going for.

 

[RayseM]

I'm sure if you are happy the rest of us will be too. Steady on ... you've got this.

 

[SarahLadd]

 

[SarahLadd]

I have 4 knives coming my way. Jeffery Mitchell and Matt Collum are sending me more stuff to do. My next project after this is a mother of pearl handle double blade knife, I'll be doing something floral and pretty, with gold and maybe a few tiny diamonds.

Hopefully I can finish this project before my trip to Maine to visit the in laws.

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

Holy Moose, Er... I mean cow!

 

[SarahLadd]

This is sort of like mowing a very, very, very tiny steel yard.

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

This is sort of like mowing a very, very, very tiny steel yard.View attachment 1839272

well. it won't look very nice if you scribble like a toddler. You made the correct choice.

 

[RayseM]

I am somewhat mesmerized - holding my breath to see what magic comes next.

 

[SarahLadd]

I am somewhat mesmerized - holding my breath to see what magic comes next.

These rows are step 1 to removal of a layer, and serves as a depth guage as I use a different shaped tool to carve all the peaks down to the same level as the valleys. All this weird van gogh trippy stuff will vanish.

 

[Sober_Survival]

I’m gonna assume that you Were you an artist (drawing / painting) before you started engraving? Absolutely beautiful work, and I’m sure you will only continue to perfect the craft.