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Old 08-20-2010, 09:04 AM
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Default A Texas Colt 1911

Just completed over 103" of 24kt Gold wirework along with nine enlays this
project has been in the works for a few years (worked as I felt) its been a fun project for a longtime customer. Check out my album I kept rough time records on it amounted to 340 hours
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Old 08-20-2010, 09:54 AM
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A fair amount of time but it looks to have been time well spent!
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Old 08-20-2010, 11:27 AM
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I love your scroll work. Very simple but also very elegant even though there is a lot of space around it. It seems the rule is that the edges of the scroll and points of the leaves should touch the boarder but yours looks very distinguished (?) to me.
And only 340 hours? I wouldn't do it in less
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Old 08-20-2010, 01:08 PM
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Default Re: A Texas Colt 1911

Daniel:
Thanks for the comments. I like to isolate the scrollwork when doing relief, it seems to be more on the eligant side. I do follow the rules on most jobs, but I like to make my own most of the time.
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Old 08-21-2010, 11:48 AM
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Beautiful work! The balance of the scroll is very nice. The way you left negative space between th scroll and borders looks very clean. It is god to see successful ways to break the "rules"! helps the rest of us avoid ruts in r designs.

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