Mark Lee has created a fine close-up version and this effect joins the Merlins growing Premier Range though this is the most expensive of that line, the other items are a little more reasonable.
For my money the size of the bottle opening is a little too small as it makes it quite difficult to get the silk inside the bottle without some effort, which you can see a little in the video demonstration. And in my practices it was sometimes more pronounced. If the bottle was a tad wider these problems would go away …
I’m not sure what other effects Mark has planned for Merlins Premier Range but now he has created a few it would be good to see some new ideas or at least some innovations on existing ideas. The quality of Mark’s work is solid but it is not at the level of Louis Paul, Kent Bergman, Alan Warner, Eddy Taytelbaum, Colin Rose, etc. so if you are going to be creating some classics you’ll need something to keep the collector’s satisfied 🙂
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