William Morris to Whistler; papers and addresses on art and craft and the commonweal (1911)
Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London, G. Bell & Sons ltd. · leaf 146
reverse themetal on the pitch block. This is formed of amixture of pitch and Russian tallow sprinkled withplaster of paris, which forms a somewhat firm buteasily indentable substance when warmed, and canbe held together in tin trays. While the pitch is softyou must press in )our metal plate the… … ^fbS tools used for doing this are rounded punches ofvarious forms. The hammering is done ratherpersuasively, as sudden blows make sudden dents, 129 K ARTS AND CRAFTS ALLIED TO ARCHITECTUREwhich are not easily smoothed. Parts of the work,again, may be hammered on the surface over alead or pitch…
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