The colouring, bronzing, and patination of metals : a manual for the fine metalworker and sculptor : cast bronze, cast brass, copper and copper-plate, gilding metal, sheet yellow brass, silver and silver-plate / Richard Hughes and Michael Rowe.

Main entry:

Hughes, Richard, 1948-

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Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Watson-Guptill Publications : Whitney Library of Design, 1991.

Description:

372 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-372).
Historical introduction -- Metal colouring techniques : Surfaces for colouring ; Degreasing and cleaning ; Immersion colouring ; Application techniques ; Scratch-brushing, bristle-brushing ; Applied pastes ; Torch technique ; Heat colouring ; Vapour technique ; Particle technique (sawdust technique) ; Appressed materials (cotton-wool technique, cloth technique) ; Partial plate colouring (bi-metallic colouring) ; Finishing -- The plates -- The recipes : Cast bronze ; Cast yellow brass ; Copper and copper-plate ; Gilding metal ; Sheet yellow brass ; Silver and silver-plate -- Safety : Safety in metal colouring ; Chemicals and their hazards ; Excluded colouring procedures -- Appendices : Japanese alloys and colouring ; Lustre colours ; Unsuccessful recipes ; Glossary of chemical names ; Conversion tables.

Summary:

"The techniques of metal colouring, bronzing and patination ... The metals covered are bronze and yellow brass in cast form; copper, gilding metal, yellow brass and silver in sheet form; and silver-plate and copper-plate ... A glossary of archaic chemical terms and their modern equivalents is included. An historical introduction outlines the various metalworking traditions with which the use of colourig techniques is associated ... With 275 illustrations, 220 in colour"--Cover.

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ISBN:

0823007626
9780823007622

Subject:

Metals Coloring Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Bronzing Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Métaux Coloration Guides, manuels, etc.
Bronzage (Technologie) Guides, manuels, etc.
Bronzing.
Metals Coloring.
Metallfärben

Form/genre:

Handbook
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.

Added entries:

Rowe, Michael, 1948 June 14-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 58405
Call No.: ID:90-B6765
Status: Available

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