Art crafting in metal for amateurs : being the art of ornamenting thin metal with pierced and raised design (1920)
Alexander, Frank, 1917- · Boston : Fort Hill Press · leaf 62
ART CRAFTING IN METAL. 54 covered are large. Where the work is small, figured punches are generally preferred; the variety of these is endless. I do not give an illustration of them, as it would be impossible to render by engraving the peculiar effect they produce on the brass; so I leave my… … I must impress upon my readers the importance of using due care in this part of their work. As the tools (with the excep- tion of circular ones) are never mathematically exact, it will tend greatly to the success of the work if one side of the tool be marked with a file, and this side always kept…
Art metal-work · Repoussé work
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