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Brass deer pendant, a play on contrasts (lemmy.world)
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Another craft made from a simple brass plate, this time the design relies on contrast. It's quite simple, but still one that I'm rather fond of, even though others might not feel the same.

It doesn't show very clearly, but the antlers are made from a cut in the plate, they are not engraved.

A brass dear pendant, where the upper part with the antlers is having inverted "colors", creating a contrast between the two halves and making the antlers look like big tree branches.
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[–] 6 points 6 months ago (3 children)

This is gorgeous. What does it mean for the plate to be cut but not engraved?

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Well, engraved is on the surface, while cut goes through the whole thickness of the plate. This mostly means that the tools to do it are different, as engraving is often done by either scraping the metal with a "blade", or with a rotating tool with a polishing bit; while the cutting is simply with the same saw I cut the rest of the shape with.

    Obviously it changes the looks too, as it makes the pattern see-through, but it doesn't show much on the picture...

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