Topic: Denis Mann demonstrating copper wheel engraving in Edinburgh

[Lustrousstone]

Denis gave a fascinating demo with live video on the screen behind him so we could see his hands and exactly what he was doing. What a lovely gentleman with such passion for his art. He also showed us some of his favourite pieces, some of his own work and let a student (who seemed very keen on engraving and had wanted to know if Alison Kinnaird gave master classes) have a go. I found it all very moving.
1. Picking up the lubricant abrasive mixture
2. The wheel in action
3. Denis in action
4. Denis teaching

[Frank]

This was for me one of the high points of the conference and was a challenge to get it organised and working as it did completely free of hitches. The split screen AV set-up allowed slides on the left and live video feed on the right. Denis had intended to bring a cameraman but in the end he could not come... we had just over an hour to complete the physical set-up and get camera and lighting right.
Credit to Denis and his cameraman who had worked out the advance details with ECA AV technician Roger Hunter . There was no chance of a trial run and Roger was not working during the conference!

The lathe that Denis brought was originally at ECA while Helen Monro Turner was there - which added to the history of the occasion.

[Lustrousstone]

It was actually Helen's own lathe I believe (I think that's what he said).

[chopin-liszt]

I thought it was a 50/50 chance it was Helen M-T's lathe, there were two, nobody's exactly sure which was hers..... (info. gleaned in smoker's corner at the front door. It's a very useful place for extra snippets of info. )

[Frank]

And the other one is still at ECA. Does not really matter as HMT probably bought both!

[Frank]

Some of Christine's videos from the demo by Denis are shown here