Colouring, Bronzing and Patination
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Thames & Hudson; THAMES HUDSON
Published: October 1994
Language: spa; eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780500015018
Subjects: Art techniques & materials; Base metal & ironworking; General; Crafts / Hobbies; Art
First sentence: Metal colouring, bronzing and patination are not processes that can be considered in isolation from the overall surface quality of an object.
Description: "The techniques of metal colouring, bronzing and patination are assuming a new importance in contemporary fine metalwork and design. Richard Hughes and Michael Rowe have assembled and tested the recipes included in this book, which is the most comprehensive work on the subject currently available, an essential reference and sourcebook for practitioners and all those involved in sculpture, architecture, design and the decorative arts. It brings together hundreds of recipes and treatments previously scattered in a variety of old books and technical papers, and provides the artist-craftsman with a very wide range of coloured finishes. Each of the recipes included has been tested and evaluated by the authors, and the practical procedures involved are clearly explained. In addition, they have devised techniques that considerably broaden the range of surface finishes that can be obtained."--Publisher description.