A monogram and engraving project

**simsmj** · 28 February 2022, 01:56 PM

I mentioned to Egg a few days ago in another thread that I'd been doing some interesting things recently, and managed to talk myself into writing a short article about it, though it's more like assembled a mixture of text and images.

For size and resolution reasons I've submitted it as a pdf file, I hope that's OK. It's been ages since I wrote anything with included graphics, and I consider that any graphics should be visible at a resolution that suits them, even if one might need to zoom in for the details. I spent most of today discovering that I couldn't acheive that without exceeding TG's limits, even if I split the article into two parts. But the PDF fits the bill.

**gwpriester** · 28 February 2022, 05:23 PM

Would have made a great Guest Tutorial.

Great to see you again.

**simsmj** · 28 February 2022, 06:18 PM

Hi, Gary! Sorry I missed your 80th birthday, I just read about it today. I'm just remembering how many friends I made here, and most of them are still around.

**gwpriester** · 28 February 2022, 06:32 PM

I'm just remembering how many friends I made here, and most of them are still around.

Touch wood.

**Egg Bramhill** · 28 February 2022, 08:14 PM

Amazing! Now you've got to give us a photo of the seal and a resultant waxed seal.
By the way I remember the J R Tolkien seal very well

**simsmj** · 28 February 2022, 09:27 PM

Actually I found it very hard to get decent photos of the stamps and the wax impressions. It was hard to get the lighting right, but here are my best efforts so far.
I should also mention that there is a skill to getting good wax impressions, and I haven't really learned it yet.

**Egg Bramhill** · 28 February 2022, 09:34 PM

Fantastic stuff, thanks for sharing. My favourite is in your face dragon 1.

**Penny O'Rorke** · 01 March 2022, 02:41 PM

Beautiful images and so interesting, many thanks for posting

**handrawn** · 01 March 2022, 03:03 PM

yes thanks for this

**RKissane** · 01 March 2022, 03:06 PM

Very nice work. I like how you explained how you did your design process. The wax impression does not do just to the beauty of the actual stamp. Thanks for including those pictures of the stamp.

I also agree with Egg that one is the best. About how long would you figure it took to design and make?

I am most wondering if people will realize this is a monogram and not just some stylized stamp. The Tolken style is easier to be recognized as a monogram.

Ray