Sam Alfano has a treasure of knowledge stored up from his many years as a hand engraving artist. One beautiful design technique that he uses is his lumenesque scroll.

This scroll technique has a beautiful and bright finish. It can be used for a variety of jewelry pieces, as you can see here with Sam's use of the lumenesque on a cross pendant and a couple of rings. The bold cuts are created with a polished 120 degree C-Max Graver from GRS (#022-619) and are actually three-dimensional. These cuts provide a durable and nice-looking sculpted scroll design that works perfectly for engraved jewelry applications such as rings.

Want to learn just how to create this scroll for your engraved jewelry? Sam Alfano teaches this technique step-by-step with clear instructions on his new Successful Jewelry Engraving DVD (#022-855). You can buy this DVD online today and start engraving this pattern in no time. For a more hands-on approach, join Sam for a five-day course at the GRS Training Center in 2010.

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