Alas it is but time to find a home for my beloved rosette. With beautiful parchment and the inspirational rose, the masterpiece is crafted. A wonderful layering effect has been produced by the 'petals' which hang delicately above an interior sculpture.
Building the rosette was somewhat a ship in a bottle. I designed in layers to bend the rings and build within. Each layer then was glued in place and built from bottom up. As the layers grew the less room I had to work with. The final layer made a depth of about two inches. To finish I needed guiding wires to pull it tight against the mouth. This was done with wire sewn through the sound holes. Once taught, I held for ten minutes to make certain the piece would hold. The product then was complete and ready to be restrung.
The sound is immaculate. It is warm, light and airy. Playing the instrument is to dance with a queen--beautiful and powerful. Any hand who touches the piece is struck with awe. The audience is flabbergasted by the appearance and drawn in as if a rope was wound around their ankle.
A six-string guitar is a rather obtuse instrument to put a delicate rosette within. Normally flamenco is played on this instrument, but I was rather diligent in making it strong. The minimal style of this guitar makes the white lace-like effect pounce. The second collar was removed because it effected the beautiful minimal aura. The rose must be the centerpiece to the guitar. Mise-en-scene must be met with a hand shake.
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| The Rosette Pieces |
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| Washers |
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| Leaflets |
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| Leaf |
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| Main stay providing sound holes |
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| Laid out |
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| Removing Albert Augustine Concert Strings |
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| Raisers allow sound to pass beneath |
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| More Sound holes |
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| Constructing the flower sculpture |
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| Adding more raisers |
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| Complete |
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| Scale |
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| Notice the middle sound hole |
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| Building the height |
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| Bottom tier complete |
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| Bending parchment to fit inside the mouth |
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| Building a ship in a bottle |
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| 29 layers later |
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| Notice the lip--this allows sound to pass underneath |
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| Wire to pull tight alongside outer collar |
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| restringing |
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| Finished and Strung |
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| The Guitar Rosette |
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| The Face |
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| The Body |
