Copper Work (Classic Reprint): An Illustrated Text Book for Teachers and Students in the Manual Arts - Couverture souple

Augustus F. Rose

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330387155 ISBN 13 : 9781330387153

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Discover copper craft and hands‑on metalwork for the classroom and the workshop. This illustrated guide introduces copper and brass projects, showing how sheet metal can become useful, artistic objects through practical techniques and tools.

The book frames manual training around copper work as a valuable and engaging addition to school courses. It explains material properties, safety, and planning, then guides you through equipment, patterns, and step‑by‑step techniques for both flat and raised work. You’ll learn how to choose projects, use common tools, and progress from simple exercises to finished pieces with artistic value.

What you’ll experience includes practical how‑tos on preparing, shaping, decorating, and assembling copper objects. The text covers engraving, embossing (repousse), soldering, enameling, polishing, and finishing, with numerous illustrations and examples such as picture frames, sconces, and small metal crafts. It emphasizes real craft value and the educational benefit of consistent, well‑designed work.

• Clear guidance on selecting materials, planning projects, and organizing a copper shop.


• Step‑by‑step methods for shaping, raising, repousse, soldering, and finishing.


• Hands‑on techniques for engraving, riveting, and decorative metalwork.


• Illustrated patterns and demonstrations that connect theory to practical making.

Ideal for readers exploring manual arts, shop teachers, and students who want a solid, example‑driven approach to copper work and related metalcrafts.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from Copper Work: An Illustrated Text Book for Teachers and Students in the Manual Arts

In this book the subject of Copper Work, as it may be introduced into the public schools, is treated to the extent of specifying an equipment and suggesting some of the possibilities of a course. Not only will there be found an abundance of illustrative material on this subject, consisting of drawings and photographs of various objects executed by upper grammar and high school pupils, but also a detailed description of the processes necessary for the execution of many of the designs. It is not expected that the problems as given will be slavishly copied, but rather that they will make clear the methods and processes that may be applied in the working out of similar problems. It is hoped that this volume will be especially helpful to teachers in the Manual Arts who are trying to introduce Metal Work into the regular school course.

The author is indebted to Charles J. Martin and Antonio Cirino, for valuable assistance in making some of the illustrations.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330387155
• ISBN 13: 9781330387153
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 125
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