The Jewelry Engravers Manual

The Jewelry Engravers Manual

Author: R. Allen Hardy

Publisher: Dover Publications

Published: 2013-12-03

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9780486785172

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Comprehensive practical manual teaches every step of the engraving process: initials and inscriptions, monograms, decoration and embellishment, more. Also includes care and maintenance of tools. Ideal for beginners. 89 illustrations.


Drawing and Engraving - A Brief Exposition of Technical Principles and Practice

Drawing and Engraving - A Brief Exposition of Technical Principles and Practice

Author: Philip Gilbert Hamerton

Publisher: Read Country Books

Published: 2010-03

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 1445536838

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.


Polygraphice

Polygraphice

Author: William Salmon

Publisher:

Published: 2017-10-17

Total Pages: 474

ISBN-13: 9783337346058

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Polygraphice is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1681. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.


Wood Engraving

Wood Engraving

Author: Barry Moser

Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 9781567922790

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" From the artist whom Nicholas Basbanes calls "the most important book illustrator working in America today" comes a primer on the art of wood engraving, a pursuit which one can "learn" in less than an hour but which one can master only through years of persistence, dedication, and indefatigable energy. Learning to engrave a block, says Barry Moser, is like learning to play the piano: it is all practice, practice, practice, all teaching the muscles how to perform the basics. At first your every gesture will be halting, labored, and self-conscious; then at last will come the moment when, like Ashkenazy at the keyboard, you can forget about "process," about "technique," and focus all your mental energy on making art. "There are no shortcuts," warns Moser. "Mastery comes only with time, work, and repetition. A great number of bad wood engravings must be made before one can expect to make a good one. Once your muscles know how to do their work, once they know how to carve thin white lines into boxwood, your mind will be free to invent." There is a lifetime of knowledge in this book: how to prepare a printing block; how to think in the medium's properties of line, shape, and ink; how to transfer a drawing onto a block. There is advice, too, on tools: not only on gravers (burins, scorpers, stipplers, and spitzstickers) but also on lights (you'll need a good strong one) and engraving bags (the leather pillows that cradle the blocks as you carve). Here is how to ink, how to choose paper, and how to print. Here is how to fail, how to move on, and how to acquire the habit of work that leads to real achievement. Wood Engraving is an art lesson and a life lesson. And because it's a book by Barry Moser, it is also a gallery of prints and beautiful to behold."--Publisher's website.