The complete metalsmith : an illustrated handbook / Tim McCreight.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Worcester, Mass. : Davis Publications, [1991]Copyright date: ©1991Edition: Revised editionDescription: 189 pages, [8] : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0871922401
  • 9780871922403
Subject(s):
Contents:
Materials -- Surfaces -- Shaping -- Joining -- Casting -- Stones -- Mechanisms -- Tools.
Summary: This volume presents an introduction to metalsmithing. The author provides instruction on how to work with gold, platinum, copper, brass, steel, plaster and other materials. He provides an overview of common metal working techniques such as making a chain, annealing, fusing, bezel-setting stones, and making hinges.Subject: Craftspeople and teachers throughout North America have adopted this book as an indispensable resource. Now revised and expanded, this classic handbook gives fuller coverage to familiar techniques and adds many new procedures to its already encyclopedic breadth. The straightforward text and instructive, clear drawings bring even complex techniques within everyone's reach. Extensive charts and tables, supplemented and updated in this edition, offer valuable information and resources. The wire binding makes this guide thoroughly practical for both studio and classroom use.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room TT205 .M351 1991 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000031506

Includes index.

Different subtitle on previous page: "A studio handbook."

Bibliography: pages 187.

Materials -- Surfaces -- Shaping -- Joining -- Casting -- Stones -- Mechanisms -- Tools.

This volume presents an introduction to metalsmithing. The author provides instruction on how to work with gold, platinum, copper, brass, steel, plaster and other materials. He provides an overview of common metal working techniques such as making a chain, annealing, fusing, bezel-setting stones, and making hinges.

Craftspeople and teachers throughout North America have adopted this book as an indispensable resource. Now revised and expanded, this classic handbook gives fuller coverage to familiar techniques and adds many new procedures to its already encyclopedic breadth. The straightforward text and instructive, clear drawings bring even complex techniques within everyone's reach. Extensive charts and tables, supplemented and updated in this edition, offer valuable information and resources. The wire binding makes this guide thoroughly practical for both studio and classroom use.

31560000031506 2447

Practical how to advice on (mainly decorative) metalworking, jewelery making etc incl metallurgy

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