Waterfront - never take the short-end money

"It wasn't him, Charley, it was you.
Remember that night in the Garden you came down to my dressing room and you said,
"Kid, this ain't your night. We're going for the price on Wilson."
You remember that? "This ain't your night"! My night!

I coulda taken Wilson apart! So what happens? He gets the title shot outdoors in the ballpark and what do I get? A one-way ticket to Palooka-ville!

You was my brother, Charley, you shoulda looked out for me a little bit. You shoulda taken care of me just a little bit so I wouldn't have to take them dives for the short-end money.......

......You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it.

It was you, Charley."

More block printing, and strangely enough, more crucifixes!
Just a coincidence ......
Dyed goat onlays, printed with stills from the movie.In particular, from the famous scene above.

design on the fly day 4 last day

The last day, is left for the tooling to be completed . The box is removed from the press, and pressed between hotplates, burnished and pastewashed before tooling .

The first task is the title and author, handtooled in gold as per the brief in a 16pt centaur . The gold laid on, lettering tooled and cleaned off .

Next is the bit im not looking forward to, tooling the lines again in black .

This helps seal the onlays, and finish the design.

This takes the rest of the day, and my right arm is glad when its over.....perhaps i could have done fewer lines! Maybe used some gold or palladium , maybe not the used the orange!!???

In the end, it's a good effort for the short timeline...

design on the fly day three

On the third day, having a fully drawn out design on paper, I can tool over the top of it with the single line pallets, and prepare the onlays. This process is ardous and a real workout for the arms, but with determination, it is completed before lunch, and I can relax knowing I can spend the rest of the day arranging onlays on the cover, and play with the design a bit more.

The onlays are cut out and placed on one-by-one, and the design begins to take shape. I'm kind of making it up as I go, the drawing gives some indication of where the colour goes, but you can add or takeaway throughtout the process , changing the design as you change your mind.

When its done its time to turn the lights off, leave the box in the press between plates, go home and get ready for the tooling the next day.