Bulino Engraving Close-ups defined - Page 1
Engraving's by Adone Tiz Pozzobon EngravingArts
The Elephant engraving is approx. 1 1/2" tall and is one of 5 Elephants engraved on this .600 nitro
double gun. Each of 3 scenes is comprised of over 2 million dots and in this particular case the
Lock plate engraving has up to 7 individual bulino layered techniques applied to it as well as 7
levels of gray's ranging from black to white. When referring to white most would assume that there
is no dotting or little dotting in order to accomplish the white or rather highlight areas, this would be
an inaccurate assumption as even the highlights contain full coverage of dots. The defining
difference is that in the highlight areas the dots are micro in depth and have been dotted ever so
lightly in order to achieve the lightest level of gray possible. There are just as many dots within
the lightest area of the image as there are in the darkest portions. Though I have stated that 7
individual techniques have been used to create this engraving several will not be visible within
stationary photographic angles and will only be evident under certain viewing conditions such as when the lock
plate is tipped in different directions, e.g. the sky will light up to white as well as the grass while
the elephant remains dark and neutral to the effect.
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This Elephant engraving is approx. 1/3 smaller than the above engraving and uses all of the same
techniques preciously mentioned. One of the techniques used can only be seen under strong
magnification, in fact I have attempted to make it visible via macro photography
and was not able to do so due to print resolutions and especially computer screen resolutions
which just don't seem to capture the degree of subtle detailing which a optical lens with
magnification of approx. 15x and up can represent. The reasoning behind the extra detailing was
to offer something more than what appears to be there and under strong magnification it
is possible to pick up textures in the elephants skin. This was part of the layering technique
employed. The most difficult part of this engraving was in achieving separation of grays as there
are so many graduations in tone that it required executing several of them by instinct rather than
by visual acuity. Later blending was required to smooth out each separation of gray so it would
not be visible as a stop start effect but rather as a natural transition that is not so individually
discernible.
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This Lion is part of a very small scene that measures 1 7/8" wide by 5/8" tall on a Damascus
Liner lock folding knife. Its scale made it an interesting engraving when you consider that unlike
the above elephants this lion is no more that 3/8" tall at best. The flip side of this knife has a North
American Cougar scene which contains 2 complete cougar's, a lake, mountains, row of pine trees across
the lake as well as a foreground tree image. Additionally this scene also incorporates a angular
lighting effect which will illuminate the sky, a tree (not visible in this pic), as well as the grass
area. Once again when the engraving is tipped approx. 15 to 20 degrees in either direction these
areas will light up to white, the rest retains its black level. This knife engraving also has two
additional 1/2" heads engraved one per side at the rear of the knife.
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