François I of France set the seed for the domination of French decorative arts and culture in all of Europe. Under the protection of the kings of France, engravers improved decorative designs for guns in the basement of the Louvre. Pattern books were published, spread, and influenced all of Europe.
Optimize your training as an artistic engraver via depth of knowledge and knowhow. The depth and rare skill sets can make or break you as an artist. Hammer and chisel engraving is not that difficult to learn and do not require expensive equipment to buy.
Man has been engraving cave walls with stone hammers for many hundreds of thousands of years. The hammer is in our DNA. The tap tap tap of the hammer is more pleasing than the mechanical noise of the machine. Authenticity means profit and respect in the art world.
