Author Topic: engraving- grand master Phil Cogan (Read 15587 times)

Mike Brooks · « **Reply #1 on:** October 29, 2015, 10:50:26 PM »

trigger guard bow?

smart dog · « **Reply #2 on:** October 29, 2015, 11:02:10 PM »

Hi Jerry,
Thanks for the photo. For sure, Phil is one of the greatest.

dave

T*O*F · « **Reply #3 on:** October 30, 2015, 12:53:27 AM »

Jerry,
Maybe you should also tell how he did it. Draw, cut, draw, cut, draw, cut.

jerrywh · « **Reply #4 on:** October 30, 2015, 01:21:27 AM »

I can cut that. The problem is drawing it.

Acer Saccharum · « **Reply #5 on:** October 30, 2015, 04:13:29 AM »

Mr. Coggan does some of the most incredible relief engraving. What an artist.

smylee grouch · « **Reply #6 on:** October 30, 2015, 04:59:10 AM »

Something special for sure. How many different gravers would have to be used to cut that?

Captchee · « **Reply #7 on:** October 30, 2015, 02:25:55 PM »

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Mr. Coggan does some of the most incredible relief engraving. What an artist.

isnt that the truth . i have yet to see a piece that he has done that simply doesn’t amaze me

Joe S. · « **Reply #8 on:** October 30, 2015, 02:50:26 PM »

amazing indeed

bama · « **Reply #9 on:** October 30, 2015, 04:27:27 PM »

http://www.engraverscafe.com/showthread.php?20006-Draw-Cut-Draw-Cut-Draw-Cut

This is a link to the Engravers Cafe thread the shows how Mr. Cogan went about engraving this. Quite and eye opener for those of us trying to learn to engrave this well. He just draws and cuts, seems so simple anyone should be able to do it! $:-\$

JTR · « **Reply #10 on:** October 30, 2015, 07:21:36 PM »

True, he makes it sound easy! But consider his engraving is showcased on the very best rifles and shotguns in the world, so that trigger guard is a piece of cake. Google his name to see some of the most fantastic Bulino and inlay work imaginable!

John

jerrywh · « **Reply #11 on:** October 30, 2015, 08:45:13 PM »

Phil Cogan is so good at shading that it is very hard to tell if that piece is shaded or sculpted or both from the photo. If it is just shaded it wouldn't take over 4 or five different gravers and a stipple point to do that. If it is sculpted it might take about three more but it depends on how he sculpts. Some sculpt with punches and some sculpt with chisels. Some with both. If that is sculpted it looks like it was done with chisels. I sculpt almost exclusively with chisels. Knowing some about Phil Cogan I would say it is shaded by hand pushed gravers. They have a special geometry.

Phil Coggan · « **Reply #12 on:** November 01, 2015, 02:01:34 PM »

My good friend Richard Parker, gunmaker extraudinar put me onto this site, I notice some very nice comments, thanks all.

If anyone would like more pics then I have quite a few!!!

Phil

wattlebuster · « **Reply #13 on:** November 01, 2015, 03:40:23 PM »

WOW WOW WOW

Mike Brooks · « **Reply #14 on:** November 01, 2015, 04:20:50 PM »

Surreal actually. It doesn't seem the human hand should be capable of that kind of work. I'm feeling inadequate......

Robert Wolfe · « **Reply #15 on:** November 01, 2015, 04:54:44 PM »

Wow! I agree with what Mike said - except that it makes me feel substantially less than inadequate!

gwill · « **Reply #16 on:** November 01, 2015, 05:05:57 PM »

Simply stunning.

Mark Elliott · « **Reply #17 on:** November 01, 2015, 05:36:01 PM »

I can almost do that with a pencil, but not with a graver. All I can say is WOW! That is a LOT of talent and practice.

Jim Kibler · « **Reply #18 on:** November 01, 2015, 05:39:26 PM »

Words don't do enough to describe this work. Thanks for sharing, Phil.

Jim

JTR · « **Reply #19 on:** November 01, 2015, 08:00:15 PM »

I've seen some of your work before over on the engraving forum, but Wow, what a surprise, and a delight, to see you posting pictures of some of your work here!
I enjoy engraving as a hobby, but I can't draw like that nor can I engrave like that, but I sure do enjoy looking at it!
Thanks so much for sharing with us.
John
And by the way, I'd really like some more pictures, but how would I get some?

jerrywh · « **Reply #20 on:** November 01, 2015, 08:53:00 PM »

Hey Phil.
It is good to see you here. The word is that you have made some pretty nice old guns. It would be nice if you could show the guys some of them.
I have a collection of your engraving photos that I study. On the photo I first posted of yours is that shading all hand push? Jerry Huddleston

Mark Elliott · « **Reply #21 on:** November 02, 2015, 12:18:26 AM »

The more I look at those photos, the more amazed I am. He has to make thousands (or more like 10s of thousands) of microscopic cuts to do that shading. I don't think that I would be physically able to do that even with a microscope.

Joe S. · « **Reply #22 on:** November 02, 2015, 12:33:55 AM »

Man what detail and when you jump into the world of portraits and pull that off your very special. Doing it on metal,I really don't have the words

Robby · « **Reply #23 on:** November 02, 2015, 01:40:02 AM »

Th e detail is so minute that I don't believe you can draw and copy, it has to be done free hand, my goodness!!!!I always enjoy seeing great art and craftsmanship all rolled into one and here it is. Thank you Jerry for cuing us into this man and thank you Mr. Coggin for showing more of it.

jerrywh · « **Reply #24 on:** November 02, 2015, 02:35:04 AM »

Believe it or not I don't think any of these are Phil's best work with the possible exception of the portrait. I think his best work is the side locks he did of the navel battle that were in the Engraver Magazine a while back. That just doesn't seem humanly possible. Just my opinion However almost anything Phil does is very hard to exceed or equal by anybody else that I know. There are only a half dozen engravers in his class in the entire world.

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Author Topic: engraving- grand master Phil Cogan (Read 15587 times)

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