[PDF] Engraving On Precious Metals eBook

Author : A. Brittain
Publisher : NAG Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,97 MB
Release : 1958
Category : Engraving
ISBN : 9780719800221

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"Engraving on Precious Metals" is for professionals and others who wish to learn hand engraving as a hobby or trade, and reveals many previously undisclosed practices of the commercial engraver which help to make his skill quite astonishing. All aspects of the craft are covered exhaustively, including the relatively modern innovation of the high-class machine engraver. This machine is particularly useful for repeat monograms and designs which are afterwards filled, because the template that guides the machine can be cut by hand. Illustrated throughout with over 250 drawings, the book gives practical hints for use in the workshop, while artistic matters are covered extensively in chapters on lettering design and layout, monograms, nameplates and ornamentation. A basic knowledge of ancillary crafts can be found in the sections on piercing, polishing, soldering and inlaying, and the use of unusual materials such as ivory, wood or plastic is also discussed. The final chapter contains a wide selection of different styles of lettering which are numbered for easy reference, and can be used by the retailer to indicate styles to customers and engravers

Author : Paul N. Hasluck
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 35,19 MB
Release : 2017-07-25
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780282554675

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Excerpt from Engraving Metals: With Numerous Engravings and Diagrams Andrea Montagna, born at Padua in 1415, was the first artist of note who engraved plates to be printed from. As a painter his fame became great, and his works are much admired. A wish to see his com positions widely spread was probably his chief motive for adopting and fostering the art of engrav ing. Montagna's prints ought, strictly speaking, to be considered the first engravings executed in Italy until then the work had remained in the hands of the goldsmiths and metal-workers. Engravers kept pace with the general progress of art in Italy, but, after having produced works in which the feeling for colour and form is expressed with peculiar talent, they appear to have suddenly sunk into ih activity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Carles Codina
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 21,63 MB
Release : 2007-03
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781600591341

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Hundreds of color photographs detail the procedures and display a breathtaking assortment of pieces by talented artists. Each innovative project introduces techniques that range from casting and stamping to hand engraving, electroplating, and more specialized methods. The chapter on gems alone--featuring the work of Bernd Munsteiner, considered the world's best gem cutter--makes this source book invaluable.