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Excerpt from Metal Casting of Sculpture
This book describes in detail, and pictures step-by-step, the various processes of producing sculpture and ornaments in metal by the care perdue or lost wax process. It gives scores of formulas and methods which have been known only by word of mouth. It exposes trade secrets which have been closely guarded by the worker in the past.
The ever growing tendency today is to refine hazy verbal descriptions of art methods into specific written formulary. Tested formulary in variably produces uniform results in the hands of a skilled technician. However, the unskilled worker may miss some simple principle, and thereby obtain a faulty result. One novice in the casting profession com plained bitterly that all local plaster of Paris was worthless, blaming the manufacturers and merchants. When the novice was asked how he mixed the plaster, he said, I put the plaster in a bowl and add water. It gets lumpy right away. The experienced worker knows that in mixing plaster, the water is placed in a bowl and the plaster added to it. In this text, I have not only tested and retested the formulary, but I have tried to be specific in mixing directions.
I am indebted to Mr. Randolph Wardell Johnson for furnishing some of the illustrations, and to the various furnace manufacturers, who have provided engravings of their products. I am also indebted to Miss Frances Blackburn, who has helped me greatly in the preparation of the manu script.
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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.
This book describes in detail, and pictures step-by-step, the various processes of producing sculpture and ornaments in metal by the care perdue or lost wax process. It gives scores of formulas and methods which have been known only by word of mouth. It exposes trade secrets which have been closely guarded by the worker in the past.
The ever growing tendency today is to refine hazy verbal descriptions of art methods into specific written formulary. Tested formulary in variably produces uniform results in the hands of a skilled technician. However, the unskilled worker may miss some simple principle, and thereby obtain a faulty result. One novice in the casting profession com plained bitterly that all local plaster of Paris was worthless, blaming the manufacturers and merchants. When the novice was asked how he mixed the plaster, he said, I put the plaster in a bowl and add water. It gets lumpy right away. The experienced worker knows that in mixing plaster, the water is placed in a bowl and the plaster added to it. In this text, I have not only tested and retested the formulary, but I have tried to be specific in mixing directions.
I am indebted to Mr. Randolph Wardell Johnson for furnishing some of the illustrations, and to the various furnace manufacturers, who have provided engravings of their products. I am also indebted to Miss Frances Blackburn, who has helped me greatly in the preparation of the manu script.
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.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
Carl Dame Clarke
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780331813951
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.0 cm
Page Count - 177
Paperback
Contributors
Author
Carl Dame Clarke
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780282355074
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.0 cm
Page Count - 179
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