Hello folks, This is 8 of 9 sterling silver "rum" cups I made and engraved recently.
Cups are fashioned from sheet stock and flat or haft round wire. The handle is forged into a taper and twisted into an s-scroll.
I try to use different border combinations as seen, layout facilitated by a set of dividers and pencil marks to indicate the flow of the stop cut on the wheat border for instance. Shading is done by eye of course but pencil used to give the direction of the flow desired. My intent with my work is to give an 18th century feel to my work.
Not sure if this is what you're looking for but I felt it fit the theme.
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Mark
www.MarkThomas-graver.com