Hi all, been a little busy to do much practicing but managed to copy a design from a dover book "Handbook of Ornament" , transfered image by photocopy and acetone method, and cut it during the day. Not the best way to practice with all the starting and stopping, I would just get in the groove then have to stop again. I thought this design would be good for practicing coordinating vice and graver control, also practicing back-cutting.
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I have several of the dover printed books that I think are excellent for engraving examples for practice and they are cheep to buy.
Handbook of ornament
Scroll ornaments of the early victorian period
and Florid victorian ornament
yours Paul