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About
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| About:
The Name Luckenbooth |
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The
meaning of Luckenbooth. A token of love and friendship exchanged
between lovers, friends and families. Usually it was in the form
of a silver brooch.
The entwined hearts or thistles represent "eternity" and the
crown means "love above no other".
These timeless designes work so well on glass and the sentiment
behind them made it the obvious choice of the name for the
gallery.
About: Wilma Mackenzie, The Artist
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Wilma
Mackenzie is one of the few remaining qualified practitioners
of copper wheel engraving. Much of the worlds engraved products
have been done using mass produced methods, or computer controlled
methods, where as Wilma engraves each and every piece by hand
to each customer's requirements.
Raised and educated in the Kintyre and Tarbert area of Argyll,
I spent a fantastic childhood in the lovely village of Clachan,
mailnly tearing around the hills and the beaches on our ponies
with my two sisters and friends - it was great!
I went to Clachan Primary School, Tarbert Secondary and finally
Oban High to do my highers. I joined Edinburgh Crystal in 1977
as an apprentice and had the great fortune to be trained by
Mr Fred Lonie MBE. I stayed with Edinburgh Crystal until 1985
when i left to become self employed.
In 1987 in a chance encounter I met graphic artist, Marjorie
Campbell, who was interested in glass engraving. We struck
up a friendship which grew into a very uniwue partnership.
In 1989 we formed Luckenbooth Glass Engraving.
Our time together was very productive, both artistically and
professionally. And I benefited a lot from working with Marjorie,
her designs were always challenging and inspiring.
I moved back to Tarbert in 1992 and continued working with
Marjorie until she died in 1999.
I opened a little gallery and workshop in May 2004 in Tarbert,
Argyll.
My inspiration comes mainly from nature, animals and flowers
are my favourite subjects. I also enjoy experimenting from
calligraph and at the moment I am working on using a variety
of other materials - great fun!
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| Wilma
Mackenzie C.V. |
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| 1977 |
Started
apprenticeship with Edinburgh Crystal - trained by Mr Fred Lonie
MBE. |
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| 1985 |
Left
Edinburgh Crystal to become self employed. |
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| 1989 |
Set
up workshop with Marjorie Campbell and formed Luckenbooth. |
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| 1993 |
Exhibition/demonstration
for 4 weekd in Edinburgh Castle with Museums of Scotland. |
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| 1993
- 1999 |
Hosted
and attended exhibitions throughout Scotland and Britain |
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| 1999 |
Invited
as artist in residence to The Colleg of Art, Tallin, Estonia
for 4 weeks. |
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| 2004 |
Opened
Luckenbooth Gallery and workshop in Tarbert, Argyll. |
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About:
Copper Wheel Engraving
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The
process of Copper Wheel is a very old, little changed method
of engraving involving different sized wheels,
which
are fed
with a carborundum and oil mix, cutting into the surface of
the glass.
The wheels all create different shapes and sized cuts and the
design is created by gradually building up the image using
a series of different cuts.
The point of contact and the shape of the face of the wheel determines
the shape of the cut. There are four main shapes of wheel used:
line wheel - this forms a thin cut, the mitre which creates and
v-shaped cut, the edge wheel which can be used flat to form a
broad cut with square sides or on it's side which creates a "half
moon" cut, and also the ball wheel which has a broad, slightly
curved surface which makes deep spherical cuts in the shape of
a circle.
There are endless variations in size and breadth of these four
wheels. Also there are a variety of polishing wheels. These come
in wood, felt, lead, and cork to name the most common ones. They
are used with compounds such as pumice powder, cerium oxide and
liquid polishes like the ones used for polishing cars.
The design is marked on using an "ink" made up of a mix of paper
gum, paint and ink. Mostly the designs are drawn on free hand,
this means although the engraver may repeat a design it will
never be identical.
The depth and shape of the cuts gives the feeling of sculpting
to this form of engraving and is ideally suited to work involving
animales, flowers and figurative pieces.
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