Enameling is the art of fusing glass and metal to create imaginative designs that catch the eye with their brilliance and tactile appeal. This jurored survey, unique for its scope and comprehensiveness, presents the contemporary work of three hundred international artists who are dually gifted as metalsmiths and as enamelists, contributing these museum-worthy pieces. The broad technical applications include everything from simple sifting and torch firing to complex cloisonne, presenting a wide variety of pproaches to enamel that demonstrates the current strength and breadth of the field.

Format: Softcover.    Dimensions: 8" x 8"    Pages: 420    Illustrations: over 500

ABCs of Blacksmithing

Examples Step by Step

These clear step-by-step examples will give the adventurous beginner confidence and will offer new insight to the experienced smith. Lots of good photos to help you on your way.

Format: Hardcover.   Dimensions: 8" x 10"   Pages: 199   Illustrations: 532

A Sketchbook of Inventions, Curiosities, and Lore

Beautifully arranged in an A-Z format, the noted artist Eric Sloane presents this rich and varied collections of American firsts – from the salt box house to basketball, hex signs to ear trumpets, popcorn to rocking chairs. Taking his cue from early Americans' interest in the lore and beauty of the English alphabet, Sloane arranged this beautifully illustrated book in an A-Z format, decorating each page with his own fine hand lettering and including a brief caption to elucidate the origin and use of every subject he pictured.

Format: Softcover.   Dimensions: 8 1/2" x 11"    Pages: 30    Illustrations: 52

The Art of Blacksmithing

Revised edition

This unique book covers every aspect of this fascinating art, the fundamental craft on which the civilization of the Iron Age was built. It describes and illustrates the equipment and the techniques developed in more that six thousand years of working iron by hand. It reflects respect for the specialized skills of the smith and the excitement of the village smithy, which so recently disappeared from the Western world.

Format: Hardcover.   Dimensions: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"   Pages: 438   Illustrations: over 500

The Art of Casting in Iron

by Simpson Bolland

The Art of Casting in Iron was first published in 1893. It has long since made its mark in the field of blacksmithing, offering handymen everything they need to know to make appliances, chains, and statues, and to repair broken castings the old-fashioned way. From founding statues and the art of taking casts to pattern modeling and sectional molding, this practical guideboook provides all of the need-to-know basics and more. With simple, easy to understand instructions and detailed formulas, tables, and illustrations, The Art of Casting Iron guides the reader step-by-step through the iron casting process, making it the perfect companion for novice metal founders and industry professionals.

Format: Soft cover   Dimentions: 6" x 9"   Pages: 392   Illustrations: 200

A Practical Treatise on working sheet copper into all forms IIn this classic work all aspects of this important craft are covered from the making of household copper goods and ornaments to copper piping, three-and four-way expansion joints and double bends, brewery, locomotive, and ship installations-from the simplest, to the most complicated and demanding work. Completely indexed. Valuable both for the metal working practitioner and as an historical trade reference.

Format: Softcover.   Dimensions: 6" x 9 1/4"   Pages: 474   Illustrations: 475

In this fascinating study, one of the world's foremost authorities on weathervanes presents new information on this dynamic folk art form. Classic and never-before-seen pieces illustrate the rugged vitality of the weathervane which from the mid-to-late 19th century have come to be considered three-dimensional sculpture, suitable for decorating modern corporate offices and homes.

Format: Hardcover.   Dimensions: 8 1/2" x 11"   Pages: 160   Illustrations: 60