Step 4: At this point I have established my repetitive elements and my pale and black tonal range. Next I need to determine where my depth perspective for the pattern will fall. The gears shown in the pattern are flat two dimensional gears. For my burning I want three dimensions to give an impression of thickness to the metal. I have worked a medium sepia value using a temperature setting of 4 to create an inside edge to the openings and holes of the gears. All of these areas fall on left or lower left of the gear outline. That inside edge adds the third dimension on thickness to the gears.
During this step I have worked the screws and rivets using a temperature setting of 4 with a center dot of dark tonal value worked at a 5 setting inside of the rivets.
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