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

An Age of Barns

An Illustrated Review of Classic Barn Styles & Construction

"An Age of Barns" preserves the heritage handed down to us by those who settled America: dependable, resourceful pioneers who built these amazing barns, often before the family home was finished, and usually with the help of the entire community. These barns are remarkable for the skill with which they were created and the beauty that matches their usefulness. An Age of Barns preserves the heritage handed down to us by the individuals who settled America: dependable, resourceful pioneers who revered excellence above all. While structures erected today rarely outlive their builders, the early Americans created barns so honest and enduring that many still stand after two or three hundred years. This classic folksy history of barn folklore, architecture, and history is filled with thousands of fabulous black-and-white sketches that illustrate all types of American and Canadian barns and everything associated with them. “Those who seek the spirit of America might do well to look first in the countryside, for it was there that the spirit was born.” Often built before the family home was finished, and usually with the help of the entire community, these barns are remarkable for the skill with which they were created and the beauty that matches their usefulness. An Age of Barns preserves the heritage handed down to us by the individuals who settled America: dependable, resourceful pioneers who revered excellence above all. While structures erected today rarely outlive their builders, the early Americans created barns so honest and enduring that many still stand after two or three hundred years. This classic folksy history of barn folklore, architecture, and history is filled with thousands of fabulous black-and-white sketches that illustrate all types of American and Canadian barns and everything associated with them. “Those who seek the spirit of America might do well to look first in the countryside, for it was there that the spirit was born.”

Format: Softcover.   Dimensions: 11" x 9"   Pages: 94   Illustrations: 240

Alfred Habermann: Blacksmith & Designer

Alfred Haberman was a blacksmith legend with an explorer mentality and a master of modern design.Traditionally trained he used traditional smithing techniques to create large iron work with heavy textures. Habermann was a paragon of a “restless mind.” It was his explorer mentality that drove this blacksmith born in the Bohemian town of Iglau out into the world – with open eyes and a healthy portion of inquisitiveness for everything that could be designed, especially for those things made of metal. It was metal that he had been designing from his very early years, and the metal – primarily iron – which shaped him. His modest way and quiet nature made him a resting place in our fast world. In his presence you calmed down and when he started talking you simply had to take time to listen.

Format: Hardcover.   Dimensions: 8 1/2" x 11 1/2"   Pages: 175   Illustrations: 184

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