MANFIO Report post Posted October 12, 2018 Scroll carving today, viola. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rue Report post Posted October 13, 2018 Lovely! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FoxMitchell Report post Posted October 13, 2018 1 hour ago, MANFIO said: Scroll carving today, viola. You always make such beautiful scrolls, and take such artistic pictures of them! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MANFIO Report post Posted October 13, 2018 Thank you all! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MANFIO Report post Posted October 26, 2018 double post Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MANFIO Report post Posted October 26, 2018 Memorable concert this week with the Modligliani Quartet. Even better meeting its violist Laurent Marfaing for a viola test drive session, he loved my latest 41.5 cm (16.3) viola "Notte Trasfigurata". He produces a beautifull and powerfull sound on his 1660 Luigi Mariani viola. Merci Laurent! I will post the photos of this viola this weekend. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andreas Preuss Report post Posted October 26, 2018 You never run out of names for your instruments don't you? If I'd produce at your speed I would start to go through all the names in the bible just to make sure that I am not repeating names by chance. Lol. Looking forward to see your notte transfigurata. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MANFIO Report post Posted October 29, 2018 Thanks Andreas! The name here is from Verklärte Nacht, a composition by Arnold Schönberg. Since I would not be able to pronounce the German name, i Italianized it. Corner of the current viola I am making: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FoxMitchell Report post Posted October 30, 2018 Now that's a bee sting! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MANFIO Report post Posted November 1, 2018 Some viola test driving here yesterday with Antoine Tamestit, quite a nice player, he produces a beautifull sound on the "Mahler" Strad viola. Antoine holds my viola "Notte Trasfigurata". Our principal Peter Pas holds the "Mahler" viola. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MANFIO Report post Posted November 4, 2018 Viola bass bar, working with my silver itsy bitsy plane. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MANFIO Report post Posted November 8, 2018 Viola 16.3 (41.5) "Allemande". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MANFIO Report post Posted November 12, 2018 41.5 cm. (16.3") viola "Allemande", ground varnish today. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MANFIO Report post Posted November 17, 2018 Viola varnishing here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andreas Preuss Report post Posted November 21, 2018 Cool. Would love to see one of your instruments one day. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MANFIO Report post Posted December 1, 2018 On 11/21/2018 at 11:22 AM, Andreas Preuss said: Cool. Would love to see one of your instruments one day. Thanks Andreas! That instrument would be necessarily.... a viola... Test drive with my latest viola in playing condition, "Notte Trasfigurata", 41.5 cms. (16.3 inches), with violist Anderson Vargas. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FoxMitchell Report post Posted December 4, 2018 Sounds beautiful, Manfio! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tango Report post Posted December 7, 2018 Congratulations Louis. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MANFIO Report post Posted December 11, 2018 Thank you all!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MANFIO Report post Posted December 22, 2018 Viola scroll carving. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rue Report post Posted December 22, 2018 Gorgeous! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
uguntde Report post Posted December 23, 2018 On 11/17/2018 at 5:13 PM, MANFIO said: Viola varnishing here. What do you use to colour your varnish? Will you apply a layer with more colour? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MANFIO Report post Posted December 23, 2018 54 minutes ago, uguntde said: What do you use to colour your varnish? Will you apply a layer with more colour? There is some colour in the ground (terra di siena naturale). For the colour coats (3 coats), I used Joe Robson's Brown varnish with a lump of arancione, plus some Kremer's Alizarim Crimson in oil dark and some ivory black pigment. All that in oil varnish. It turned out this: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
uguntde Report post Posted December 23, 2018 2 hours ago, MANFIO said: varnish Looks beautiful Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MANFIO Report post Posted December 23, 2018 Thanks Rue and uguntde! The colour will change according to the light source. Under hot lights, it will look more red, more brown under cold lights, golden yellow under the sun light. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
