Contemporary Enameling - Art And Technique

Informationen zum Autor Lilyan Bachrach has been working professionally with enamels for 35 years. She formed an enamel guild in Worcester, Massachusetts, perhaps the first in the country, to invite guest enamelists to conduct weekend workshops. Her works have been exhibited in museums and galleries across the United States. Klappentext This book beautifully illustrates the wide range of artistic innovation and techniques expressed in vitreous, or hard, enamels on metal. More than 30 experienced enamelists share their specialized knowledge for using cloisonné, plique-á-jour, champlevé, and basse-taille techniques on silver, gold, foils, and metal clay to make jewelry, vessels, portraits, and more. Works from an additional 55 artists are also displayed in over 350 color photographs. Their words and work will instruct and inspire beginners and encourage the next generation of metal workers to carry enameling to new heights. Zusammenfassung The techniques explained are for vitreous, or hard, enamels on metal. More than 30 experienced enamelists share their specialized knowledge for using cloisonne, plique--jour, champlev, and basse-taille techniques on silver, gold, foils, and metal clay to make jewelry, vessels, portraits, and more. Recent works from an additional 55 artists are displayed.

Product details

• Authors: Lilyan Bachrach
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2006
• EAN: 9780764323553
• ISBN: 978-0-7643-2355-3
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 279 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Schiffer Book for Artists; Schiffer Book for Artists
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Creative design; Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; Fertigungsindustrie, Töpferwaren, Keramik und Glashandwerk, CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Pottery & Ceramics, CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Metal Work, Crafts / Hobbies, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades