Scroll Design featuring Scott Pilkington (DVD)

Description

This is an original DVD produced and manufactured by FEGA, the Firearms Engravers Guild of America.

NOTE ON THE PHOTOS: The photos on this page are NOT from the video. They are simply examples of Scott’s exquisite scrollwork. 

DESCRIPTION: Master Engraver Scott Pilkington clearly presents to us the step-by-step basic rules to create and build good scrollwork. He also goes over the history of scroll in art, and where it is found in nature.

Filmed at a FEGA seminar in 2004.

BIOGRAPHY: Scott Pilkington is an engraver with a wide and varied experience in the engraving world. He started with Meek’s book (The Art of Engraving by James Meek) and a set of tools as a Christmas gift his senior in high school back in 1981. After graduating high school he attended a NRA Engraving Course at Trinidad, Colorado lead by Neil Hartleip and decided to make cutting steel his life’s vocation. He considers himself to be very fortunate to have studied with names like Frank Hendricks, Ron Smith, Lynton McKenzie and Sam Alfano at an early stage in his career. He started with hammer and chisel engraving and spent nearly a decade practicing the art in that fashion. He taught both week long, and weekend Seminars at the Appalachian Center for Crafts teaching traditional methods only. He achieved Professional Status in the Firearms Engravers Guild of America in 1989 with this set of Dakota Rifles

In the course of his career, Scott has engraved Jewelry, Car and Motorcycle parts, one of a kind custom firearms and museum grade knives to factory production work for names like Winchester, Kolar, North American Arms, Hammerli as well as the great British firm Holland & Holland.

PLEASE READ BEFORE PURCHASING!!!: FEGA DVDs are filmed live at FEGA seminars. They give you the exceptional opportunity of learning from some of the best engravers and artists in the United States.

The educational content of FEGA videos is top-notch but these are not Hollywood productions. If you are looking for a product with slick packaging, do not purchase this item. If you are looking for excellent instruction on this subject, you will not be disappointed.