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This useful book contains a wealth of information on the engraving of metals, and will prove to be a valuable addition to the bookshelf of anyone with an interest in the subject. Preface: 'This Handbook contains, in a form convenient for everyday use, a comprehensive digest of the information on Engraving Metals by incision and corrosion scattered over nearly twenty thousand columns - one of the weekly journals it is my fortune to edit - and supplies...
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From all over the world, satanic organizations gather in this fallen temple called the "Vision of Baphomet" in search of the Engraving. Each organization sends its own contestants, each one gifted with insight. Beyond the money, the price is His "power" as the legend says. Is it worth the endeavor to enter this underground wreckage? And what does the prize worth to each of those who seek it? A non-linear narrative paranormal fiction short story by...
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At the turn of the twentieth century the art of wood-engraving enjoyed a flourishing revival among English artists. These works were so fundamentally different from their predecessors, in both design and technique, that they formed a new branch of the art. This volume showcases five decades' worth of magnificent wood engravings in a series of finely wrought black-and-white and color images, selected from a wide array of sources that includes lesser-known...
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Step-by-step instructions for diamond burr engraving, from making the first cut to displaying finished work. Includes 4 complete projects, plus expert advice on choosing glass, fashioning glass chunks into usable pieces for engraving, suggestions for arrangement and lighting of finished pieces, more. Over 100 helpful illustrations. Introduction. List of Supply Sources.
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British Museum Keeper of Prints offers complete history, 15th-century to 1914; accomplishments, influences, artistic merit. 111 illustrations. Chapters include: The Earliest Engravers, The Great Masters of Engraving, The Decline of Original Engraving, The Later Development and Decay of Line-Engraving, Etching in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries, The Tone Processes, and more.
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This clear, handsomely illustrated guide introduces the history, materials, tools, and techniques of glass engraving and other forms of glass decorating. Techniques include diamond point, copper-wheel, and drill engraving, plus instruction in gold engraving under glass, painting glass, and applying glass to glass in creating mosaics and glass collage, fusing, and forming.
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"A Brief History of Wood-engraving From Its Invention" by Joseph Cundall. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices....
13) The Cutting, Setting and Engraving of Precious Stones: A Historical Article on Working Gemstones
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This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience. Carefully selecting the best articles from our collection we have compiled a series of historical and informative publications on the subjects of gemology and crystallography. The titles in this range include "Gemstone Manufacturing" "The Optical Properties of Gemstones and Crystals"...
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From the eve of the Great Depression to the onset of World War II, Lynd Ward, America's first great graphic novelist, bore witness to the roiling, dizzying national scene as both a master printmaker and a socially committed storyteller. His medium of expression, the wordless "novel in woodcuts," was his alone in the United States, and he quickly brought it from bold iconic infancy to a still unrivaled richness of drama, characterization, imagery,...
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This survey of woodcut illustration as practiced in the 1920s abounds in outstanding works by artists from around the world. Nearly 200 illustrations - rendered in two-color images as well as in an eight-page full-color insert - include landscapes and street scenes, portraits, and book illustrations by Rockwell Kent, Rudolph Ruzicka, William Zorach, Eric Gill, and other artists. Organized by country, the book reviews the work of artists from several...
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