Online ! Bulino or Scrim Tutorial!!!

[ChrisB]

Seeing as I can Only Win One's :frown5:
I would Like to Start a Tutorial online, for either Bulino or Scrimshaw, Using the Classic Foot Control, !!:coolgleamA:

I will Use The Rhino that I Entered for the Drawing Comp. (or Ant Hill :lol: )
And Go with it Step By Step.!!

Although Bulino will be my First Try, I have Been Doing Scrimshaw for Years Know. :lurk5:
And Bulino is only another Material, to work with, the tool and method stays similar.

So Shall We Go With Scrimshaw? or Bulino.?

ChrisB.

[jacques herbst]

Do A Scrim.i Can See From Your Knife There Is Lots That You Can Share With Us.is The Graver The Same As The One Used In Bulino.what Sort Of Paint Do You Use To Fill It In.can You Show Me A Closeup Of That Scrim On Your Latest Knife.

[shonn]

I would like to see Bulino please . i have done like 3 things in Bulino but can see that i really need help understanding the way its done more fully,the more info i can see and learn the better .:thumbsup:
here is one i tryed to do on a old pocket watch back i had laying around

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t126/shonnpaul/watch2.jpg
looks like a UpsideDown ANT hill to me but its really a Elefant( spelled it wrong)

[Tom McArdle]

Bulino for me.

Tom

[Dave London]

Chris Bulino is my vote. Thanks Dave

[Montejano]

BULINO, please.

Montejano

[ChrisB]

O.K. Guys, lets do the Rhino to start with.!!
I'm by No Means a Bulino Expert,!! this would be my First try as well,!! I will try and do it the way I see it, :willy_nilly:

First off, lets make the tool, Go to the thread that Barry has, and look at the tool description he has there, I ground my point to a needle point 5deg Yaw.
gave it a small flat on the face,(1.5mm dia) then ground a 60deg face, on the front with the 70deg x 17.5 relieve on the back. I find that with this small point, You can see more of the working area. Need a Sketch? let me Know.

Secondly transfer your picture to the practice plate, I use the Tom White Method. Also Print a Larger one to keep handy for Reference later.

Then I set my Classics Idling to just Idling, Experiment on a small piece of plate, You Really want very Minute!! Dots, and the large port closed about 75% Fast Rapid Movement.
Hold the Graver like You Would A pen, and slowly start putting down dots over all the dark areas, no need at this point to make it Too dark, or color the White areas. it is just to get a outline area, I always start with the Eyes, Mouth, ears Etc First, this is the most prominent areas on any picture, and it must be Right.

Will post the first pictures over the weekend.
ChrisB.

[ChrisB]

O.K. Guys, Here Is The Final Pictures, Say If You Dont Understand!! :)
I did It In Record Time!! The Boss Was Over My Shoulder Every Minute, Even Know That I Post This Message, Get Finished.!! Hey Man my Buddies Wat to Know The Progress,!! :hurray:

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w271/ChrisBooysen/Bulino-Point.jpg
This Is The Point I Told YaLL About,

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w271/ChrisBooysen/Rhino-BulinoA.jpg
This Is The First Piontalicing that I do with the Picture, Only Cover the Major Areas, Then You Clean The Surface with a Cleaner.

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w271/ChrisBooysen/Rhino-BulinoB.jpg
Do Very Rapid Movements Towards Yourselve, If You Go The Opposite Direction, You Will Find Out That The Engraver Digs In!!
All The Light Area is Done In This Fashion.!!

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w271/ChrisBooysen/RhinoFinal.jpg

With The Bigger Photo That You Have Handy You Start Coloring the Picture.
Do The Most Dark Areas First, The Angle Of Attack Does Matter, If You Look At The Picture in a Certain Manner, the Darkness Does Matter. !!
Horisontal Marks Appear Darker Than Vertical!!

[Dave London]

Chris
Great job I cant thank you enough. Dave:cheers2:

[KDavid]

Hey Chris
Where do you find cool photos like that? Thanks for a great tutorial.

David
www.sharpgraver.com

[ChrisB]

Just To Show how I hold The Tool, !!

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w271/ChrisBooysen/ToolHold-1.jpg

David I have Tons, Have Been Collecting Photo's for years know, I use it for my Scrim as well as Pyrography work.
Thanks Guys,!!

By The Way, I found a Cool way to Photograph my Engraving, My Sony PS10 lens fits nicely into one of the Eye piece rubber cups,
So all these Photo's was done this way, to show more Clarity.

[Steve Ellsworth]

more on the Sony PS10 - pic of yhat?

[ChrisB]

Shall we do the rhino as a scrim Practice as well, !! ? or was the Bulino enought ?
ChrisB

[Steve Ellsworth]

love to see how you approach the ivory work
especially the color techniques


how are you rigging up that sony lense?
can you put up close up of rhino final tight shot?

[brandvik]

Chris, Thanks for the tutorial. A picture is worth a thousand words. I was wondering if your bulino points are HSS or Carbalt? Also can you elaborate on on achieving the differing level of shading and how to ensure that you don't "over shade"? Is this more a function pressure used or proximity of the dots or both?
Thanks again!

[deazyner]

Just a question for the Bulino experts out there. It seems that, based on Chris' description of his technique, he is using a stippling action for the dots. If this is so, how do the results of "picking" out dots differ from the results achieved when stippling. It seems easier and faster to use the handpiece and stipple as Chris describes and the results seem great. Thanks Chris for taking the time to put this tutorial together. I'm looking forward to the scrimshaw.

Keith

[ChrisB]

Jim, The Point is a carbalt, The different levels of shading is achieved by laying out Dots or lines, Either Closer, or spaced further appart, I always shade a area very Lightly,!! then go back and do a second pass on a area that needs to be darker, and a Third, to really get a dark edge, Proximity of the Dots.!! is what counts, Always refer to do Bigger Picture to obtain the correct shading.

Steve, the Sony has a retractable Lense, when You Switch on it telescopes Out, The Outer one that is the last segment fits nicely into the rubber cup on the Scope.

[Steve Ellsworth]

http://www.engravingarts.net/Glossary2.html

Just a question for the Bulino experts out there. It seems that, based on Chris' description of his technique, he is using a stippling action for the dots. If this is so, how do the results of "picking" out dots differ from the results achieved when stippling. It seems easier and faster to use the handpiece and stipple as Chris describes and the results seem great. Thanks Chris for taking the time to put this tutorial together. I'm looking forward to the scrimshaw.

Keith

[Steve Ellsworth]

points and lines
what about triangles

i wanna see a scrim tutorial
i am putting one together
like to see how we do thingssame or differnet

[Steve Ellsworth]

points and lines
what about triangles

i wanna see a scrim tutorial
i am putting one together
like to see how we do thingssame or differnet

[ChrisB]

Steve,
Yes My Friend, We Will Do A Scrim Together!!
What Do The Other Guest, ? Dam I Forgot, Members Want To See,?

Any Specific Animal,??

Let Us Know!!

ChrisB.

[Steve Ellsworth]

i put a note and a pic under your color thread
this should be a lot of squirell busting work

[ChrisB]

Hay Steve,
No Photo, we Have Sqarrels out Here But Not The Real Bussy Tails Like You Have!!

ChrisB.

[maryw]

Chris - did you ever have the opportunity to do the scrim tutorial?? I would love to it if you did. If not, I would still love to see one. Possibility anytime soon?
Hope you're doing well.
Mary W

[ChrisB]

Hi All,
Mary W.
Now that I'm up and About again, I will try and Finish this Project Very Soon.!!

ChrisB.

[Steve Ellsworth]

i take it you were doing less than well....
glad you are alive
later my friend

[Mark Gerrasch]

Hey Chris,

Do you think you could show us the way you're holding the gravers your using? I know for me this would clear up alot of confusion. When you say Scrim shaw, I'm thinking exacto knife. I'd like to see what the tool is doing with some pictures showing how you hold the graver.

THANKS, Mark

[Steve Ellsworth]

Just put your index finger on the top of the Airgraver (Palm or Classic) and hold it natuarally point down. The depth of the needle strike is monitored with stroke length and the pinky finger. It does not have to be absolutely vertical.
Graver tips dictate angle of attack somewhat but bery little.

[Finn La Rue]

i would like to see the bulino Tutorial on Vidio :hurray:

[paulcdfoss]

New to the Lindsay foot control, (LOVE it).:)
Would love to see any bulino techniques...

Thanks,
Paul

[paulcdfoss]

On dial up. High speed is in my near future, god willing.:drool5:

Paul

[Steve Ellsworth]

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q312/coincutter_2006/img_5009.jpg

90 degree graver @60 face
just go slow and don't chip out the ivory