Marc's Harry Potter Golden Snitch Engagement Ring Box
The young guy is getting engaged to marry his girl friend who is a serious Harry Potterphile. He wants a golden snitch to present his engagement ring in. So I take two hardwood balls 3 inches across, hollow out the interior and install the universal type ring holder, and I sculpt the exterior, coat it in gesso, then red bole clay, then i water gild it with 23 carat gold leaf, C'est tout! Oh! and I concealed numerous neodynium magnets around the edges to draw it shut magnetically. Oh! And also, instead of splitting it straight across, I made the opening seam follow the contour of one of the sculpted lines, in order to conceal the seam quite well.
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Working alone, I state working alone because nearly everything that I design and make are works of art made by me alone and signed by me for 20+ years, Ralph produces furnishings and signs rebelling against "mechanical mediocrity" refusing to work within the limitations imposed by machines and produce objets d'art which can only be accomplished with many hours/days/weeks/months of hand tooling.
To summarize, I am an artisan, not merely a furniture maker. Thank you for your interest in my fascination.
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Brad Hunter
For Emperor Paplatine Cane 20155.0Ralph was not only very professional, but extremely friendly as he kept in constant contact with me during the project. I just received my order today, and I am thrilled with the finished product. It was even better than I expected. Thank you very much Ralph. I will show it off proudly.
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Nicholas
For Nicholas' 3 tier snow owl statue with memorial plaqe4.5It was a long and involved relationship working a vision into creation, Ralph was patient and thorough. We started with a blurry memory of a dream and created beauty and meaning. Thank you so much.
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Dorothy Flores
For Fantasy dragons & faries2.3Ralph is very responsive but I'm not happy with my cane because he did not finish it and it's sloppy. There is glue on the cane that wasn't cleaned up and the faces on my fairies aren't finished being carved out. The cane really doesn't look like an experienced person made it.
DJDavid Jagger
For Karate God Busaganashi4.8I am extremely pleased with my Busaganashi. Working with Ralph was a pleasure and I would certainly work with him again on other projects and give him a strong recommendation for anyone looking for quality work.
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Thomas Taylor
For Thomas' Sign5.0Ralph did a superb job with my Star Wars-inspired, carved house sign. He nailed the brief and completed the work ahead of his estimated time schedule. I'm so happy with it and couldn't recommend Ralph more highly - he was a pleasure to work with!
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