Royal and Langnickel Famous Places Engraving Art, Sphinx

Royal and Langnickel Engraving Art Famous Places makes it easy to incorporate art with education with fact-filled history of each famous place included. Simply use the tool in the kit to scrape away the preprinted design, revealing silver metallic color below. In no time patterns come to life with realistic depth, dimension and textures. With the design preprinted onto the board, there is no need to worry about subject. The 11-1/4-inch by 15-3/8-inch size makes wonderful framed artwork. Engraving Art are ideal for children, adults and everyone between. And, because there's no paint and brushes, they make the ideal travel art project.

Bronze with gold and silver foil inlay, ca. 300-100 B.C.E. H. 11.6 cm. (max) Each of these three almost identical objects features a burly humanoid that sits, leaning forward, over a stiff bovine leg. Their round, fully modeled heads include projections like ears that extend to the shoulders; full, fleshy lips above big buck teeth mark the mouths. On the bodies below, layers of relief as well as gold and especially silver inlay give further detail to the forms. The contours and composition of these extraordinary objects were inspired in part by their intended function as legs for a vessel. Three integral projecting pins behind the head and arms of each monster were made to anchor them into an object they no longer support. Beginning in the Eastern Zhou period (770-221 B.C.), certain containers--particularly ding tripods; spherical dui, yi and he pitchers; and pan basins--were provided with sculptural legs. Some represent single figures, while others combine two or more 1 In fact, a he pitcher from the Warring States period (475-221 B.C.) in the Palace Museum, Beijing, has legs quite similar to these.2 The Shumei legs apparently were not made to support a vessel of bronze like the Beijing one but a container of a different material, probably lacquer. This assumption is supported by laboratory analysis showing remains of wood and lacquer around the projecting pins on the backs. One of the legs bears a four-character engraved inscription that names the office of the Shaofu, one of the nine highest ranking Chinese officials since Qin times.3 At its inception, the office was responsible for tax collection. In the Eastern Han period (25-220 A.D.), however, responsibilities were redefined and the department began to supervise the various garments and precious possessions of the emperor. Since it is engraved, the inscription could have been added to the leg at any time after manufacture. Because the faces of the creatures closely resemble those on a pair of gilt- and silvered-bronze coffin handles found in the royal tomb of Liu Sheng (died 113 B.C.), these legs most likely date to the very late Eastern Zhou or early Western Han period.4 JKW 1. Among the earliest Eastern Zhou examples are pan from Shandong held by human figures who face out, away from the vessel they carry on their backs; see Qufu Lu guo gu cheng 1982, pl. 76.1; Wenwu 1983.12, p. 2, figs. 4-5. Perhaps the most memorable example of legs composed of multiple beings is the Warring States spherical he in the Art Institute of Chicago (no. 30.366) that stands on humans crowned with birds: see Kelley and Ch'en 1946, pp. 108-11. 2. See Wenwu 1972.11, p. 61, fig. 3, pl. 2. 3. The title appears in other engraved versions: see, for example, Luo 1937, chap. 18, p. 39. 4. See Hebei sheng 1980, vol. 1, pp. 33-35; vol. 2, color pl. 3, pl. 15.1. Text and image from the website of the Miho Museum.

"Here comes the silver unicorn with a golden heart. To take me on his wings and fly away To my Prince Charming for whom I wait Oh Please tell me who it is Cause i can't wait anymore. I've waited ages for just one sight of him" I bought a kit from a local craft shop which included metal sheet on a cardboard with a black background and silver unicorn design on it. As the name suggests, this painting was scrapped using a metal scraping tool. The shine you see, is real metal. Here's the best part: I clicked it from different angles and everytime I got a different result due to the shine/shadow effect. Isn't it wonderful, same thing, different faces. This art is also called Silver Foil Engraving Art.

Famous Places Silver Foil Engraving Art Kit. Take a trip around the world with Engraving Art Famous Places. Simply scrap away the lines to reveal the famous place in brilliant silver foil. A fun and educational way to enjoy your Engraving Art with a fact filled history of each famous place on the back of every package. This kit contains (1) 10x8" pre-printed board, 1 scraper tool, one practice board, easy to understand instructions and an educational history of each famous place. Conforms to ASTM D4236. Recommended for ages 8 and up. WARNING: Choking Hazard-small parts and functional sharp objects. Not for children under 3 years.