Wrinkly tin
Subtitle: the story of corrugated iron in New Zealand
By: Stuart Thomson
Publisher: Steele Roberts
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Wellington, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Sheet-metal, Corrugated; History; Pictorial works; Iron and steel Roofing
Description: "Born in British factories, adopted by Kiwi pioneers, reborn as an architectural fashion material, this is the story of corrugated iron, which starts as black sand on our beaches and becomes the wrinkly tin on homes" --
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction & acknowledgements; title: From the furnaces & factories of Britain; title: The market down under; title: Other places ~ other uses; title: Making it here; title: From sand to steel; title: What's in a name?; title: Today's fashion material; title: Keep it on : lead-heads & twisted shanks; title: Corrugating the Pacific...; title: Iron in the spirit ~ corrugated art; title: Where to from here?