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The Golden Age of Ironwork, by Henry Jonas Magaziner, covers
ironwork from roughly 1840 to 1930. Thus, it includes cast iron,
which prevailed during the nineteenth century and hand wrought
iron, which triumphed from about 1900 to 1930. With 173 photographs
by Robert Golden the books describes this golden period. There are
also a few examples of contemporary ironwork
Joining metals by one form or another of soft or hard soldering, or
brazing with various alloys, are run-of-the-mill jobs in model and
light engineering workshops - so much so that little thought is
given as to whether there might be a quicker, more efficient or
less expensive means of achieving the required end. In Soldering
and Brazing respected engineering writer Tubal Cain examines in
detail the processes, equipment and materials, and explains what is
happening in the joints as they are made with practical examples,
test pieces, tabulated data etc. This is a thorough, comprehensive
and, above all, useful book.
Now back in print, "the ultimate book-lover's gift book" (Los
Angeles Times) In 1561-62 the master calligrapher Georg Bocskay
(died 1575), imperial secretary to the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand
I, created Mira calligraphiae monumenta (Model Book of Calligraphy)
as a demonstration of his own preeminence among scribes. Some
thirty years later, Ferdinand's grandson, the Emperor Rudolf II,
commissioned Europe's last great manuscript illuminator, Joris
Hoefnagel (1542-1600), to embellish the work. The resulting book is
at once a treasury of extraordinary beauty and a landmark in the
cultural debate between word and image. Bocskay assembled a vast
selection of contemporary and historical scripts for a work that
summarized all that had been learned about writing to date-a
testament to the universal power of the written word. Hoefnagel,
desiring to prove the superiority of his art over Bocskay's words,
employed every resource of illusionism, color, and form to devise
all manner of brilliant grotesques, from flowers, fruit, insects,
and animals to monsters and masks.
Alysn Midgelow-Marsden shows how to use both textile-based and
mixed media techniques to create beautiful artworks using metal in
the form of shim, foil and woven fabric alongside many other
materials. She shares her expertise in an inspiring variety of
techniques from free machine stitching to gilding, embossing,
needle felting, beading, printing, applique, making stitched foil
fabric and using dry decal transfer images. There are seven
beautiful projects to inspire and instruct textile artists
everywhere, including a lampshade, bauble pods, decorative panels
and a tablet cover. Artists can take inspiration from the
individual surfaces that make up the pieces, the completed
projects, and from the developments from each project, which have
full, instructive captions. This is an invaluable resource for
textile artists looking for new and beautiful ideas. This book was
previously published as part of the Textile Artist series.
A bold reorientation of art history that bridges the divide between
fine art and material culture through an examination of objects and
their uses Art history is often viewed through cultural or national
lenses that define some works as fine art while relegating others
to the category of craft. Global Objects points the way to an
interconnected history of art, examining a broad array of
functional aesthetic objects that transcend geographic and temporal
boundaries and challenging preconceived ideas about what is and is
not art. Avoiding traditional binaries such as East versus West and
fine art versus decorative art, Edward Cooke looks at the
production, consumption, and circulation of objects made from clay,
fiber, wood, and nonferrous base metals. Carefully considering the
materials and process of making, and connecting process to product
and people, he demonstrates how objects act on those who look at,
use, and acquire them. He reveals how objects retain aspects of
their local fabrication while absorbing additional meanings in
subtle and unexpected ways as they move through space and time. In
emphasizing multiple centers of art production amid constantly
changing contexts, Cooke moves beyond regional histories driven by
geography, nation-state, time period, or medium. Beautifully
illustrated, Global Objects traces the social lives of objects from
creation to purchase, and from use to experienced meaning, charting
exciting new directions in art history.
This is one of the classic books on craftsmanship and design. In
it, David Pye explores the meaning of skill and its relationship to
design and manufacture. Cutting through a century of fuzzy
thinking, he proposes a new theory of making based on the concept
of good workmanship and shows how it imparts all-important
diversity to our visual environment.
In this valuable book Tubal Cain takes the reader beyond the
superficial or the simply practical with explanations of the
composition of steel, its additives, and the effects of different
temperatures on its constituents. With a grasp of what changes are
actually taking place in the metal the care needed in following the
practical processes described becomes understandable and will lead
to better and more consistent results. Flame, salt bath and furnace
heating are detailed, with information on accurate measurement or
recognition of temperature levels. For the average small workshop
operative or model engineer the discourses on tool material,
hardening and tempering will be of most use, and in this connection
this book replaced the author's earlier Hardening and Tempering
Engineers' Tools, providing a broader-based, more detailed and up
to date examination of the subject.
This book presents complete measured drawings and detailed plans
for 20 clocks for the craftsman to make and features designs
ranging from period bracket clocks and a traditional long-case to
more contemporary styles. Throughout the text there are
instructions and the plans are scaled both in metric and imperial
units, with a range of suppliers for clock components included.
The Utrecht Psalter, one of the great survivals of the Carolingian
Renaissance, was made about 820-835 at the Benedictine monastery of
Hautvilliers and decorated with 166 dynamic, almost impressionistic
pen drawings which are masterly interpretation of the Psalter text.
In 1996 it was exhibited in Utrecht, alongside related manuscripts
such as the Aachen and Ebbo Gospels, the Byzantine Khludov Psalter
and the later English Harly and Eadwine Psalters, copied in
Canterbury when the Utrecht Psalter was for some centuries in
England. Five scholarly essays, designed for a wide-ranging
readership, include a discussion of Carolingian cultural
achievements; an analysis of the Psalter itself and its place in
the history of book production; an overview of medieval Psalter
illustration in both Byzantium and the West; and an exa- mination
of the English copies of the Utrect Psalter in the later Middle
Ages. This publication focuses on the Utrecht Psalter and
incorporates five scholarly essays, designed for a wide-ranging
readership, including a discussion of Carolingian cultural
achievements; an analysis of the Psalter itself and its place in
the history of book production; an overview of medieval Psalter
illustration in both Byzantium and the West; and an examination of
the English copies of the Utrect Psalter in the later Middle Ages.
'This is a hugely rewarding book, beautifully produced, scholarly
and extre mely readable. It not only serves as an excellent guide
to the complexities of the Utrecht Psalter, but is an interesting
contribution to the continuing debate on the nature of the
relationship between text and image in medieval art.' The Art Book.
Pyrography is a decorative craft that has been practised worldwide
for thousands of years. It involves the burning of designs on
items, usually wooden but also made from leather, cork, fabric and
paper. With a little practice you can personalize anything from
spoons to larger, more ambitious items such as bread boards or even
pieces of furniture. In this booklet are 12 step-by-step projects
suitable for the absolute beginner. There is also useful
information on equipment and techniques to guide you every step of
the way.
Wunderkammern are showing up everywhere these days. Design
webshops, expos, interior design stores: they all try to bring back
the memory of the century-old tradition of Wunderkammer, or 'the
Cabinet of Curiosities'. This book is a Wunderkammer in itself,
showcasing the most beautiful exotica, which explorers and
adventurous merchants brought back from all over the world for rich
collectors. Be amazed by beautiful seashells, stuffed animals,
sculptured ostrich eggs, botanical drawings, 'dragons' preserved in
formaldehyde, and bewildering Indiana Jones-like stories. A
fascinating New World presented itself to them, and in this book,
you'll see it through their eyes.
Perhaps no other object of our daily environment has had the
enduring cultural significance of the ever-present chair,
unconsciously yet forcefully shaping the physical and social
dimensions of our lives. With over ninety illustrations, this book
traces the history of the chair as we know it from its crudest
beginnings up through the modern office variety. Drawing on
anecdotes, literary references, and famous designs, Galen Cranz
documents our ongoing love affair with the chair and how its
evolution has been governed not by a quest for comfort or
practicality, but by the designation of status.Relating much of the
modern era's rampant back pain to an increasingly sedentary
lifestyle spent in traditional seating, Cranz goes beyond
traditional ergonomic theory to formulate new design principles
that challenge the way we think and live. A farsighted and
innovative approach to our most intimate habitat, this book offers
guidelines that will assist readers in choosing a chair-and
designing a lifestyle-that truly suits our bodies. Praise for The
Chair " A] concise, multidisciplinary gem." Publishers Weekly
"Cranz is no sedentary historian. The Chair is a call to action."
Jonathan Levi, Los Angeles Times "Galen Cranz has written a
provocative book. Pull up a comfortable chair-if you can find
one-and read it." Witold Rybczynski"
Gearing of Lathes for Screwcutting is aimed specifically at the
engineer for use in the workshop. It is intended to take away as
much as possible of the mathematics and mystique from calculating
gear ratios, so that the more enjoyable work of using your lathe to
make things becomes as easy as possible. Topics covered in this
latest addition to the Crowood Metalworking Guides includes Myford
and other types of lathes; approximations and alternatives; errors
and their significance and the non-gearbox mini-lathe.
This study provides an historical context for the origin and evolution of the Spanish tradition of Apocalpyse imagery. The volumes in this series include an introductory text and catalogue raisonnee in chronological sequence in which concise codicological descriptions of each item are given, as well as critical discussions of date and orgin. All the illustrations of each manuscript are reproduced forming a corpus of nearly 2000 illustrations.;The following manuscripts are catalogued and fully illustrated in this volume: the Silos fragment; the Morgan Beatus; Madrid Vitrina 14-1; the Volladolid Beatus; the Tabara Beatus; the Girona Beatus; and the Madrid 14-2 fragment. All inscriptions are transcribed and translated.
The delightful patterns collected in this book, which have been
created by talented designers from all over the world, are inspired
by botanic shapes, the animal kingdom, geometry or abstract forms.
The book presents the work of fifty designers who specialize in the
field, and it includes interviews in which a selection of
professionals share their design philosophy and work process. It
focuses especially on home interiors, textiles, wallpaper, home
accessories and fashion. Whether they are vibrant blooms or
dazzling triangles, and whether they have a clean Scandinavian air
or a delicate Japanese touch, the irresistible designs contained in
this collection will offer the reader endless delight and heaps of
inspiration for decoration and fashion fans and professionals.
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