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Repousse`/Chasing

A compendium of miscellaneous information

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Jan. 5, 1999 - .... Where do you get your copper? I'd like to try some that heavy.

I'm not sure what you have available locally, but my steel supplier can order it for me, and there is also a roofing supply that can get me "dead soft" copper. It's already annealed, so I don't have to anneal it until I've already worked it a while. It costs the same as hard copper, so why not buy it that way if you plan on shaping it. It costs me about $50 for a 3'x10' sheet. Take a look in your yellow pages for metal suppliers and roofing suppliers, I'm sure you can get someone local to order it for you.

Heath Satow

Jan. 5, 1999 - I'll throw in a few links here since there's a lull in the postings right now: ed.

http://www.fonderie-coubertin.com/rea.htm

Fonderie de Coubertin is a company specializing in restoration work.  Not too much to offer in detail but there are some photos of architectural ornament and sculptures shown.

http://museoreinasofia.mcu.es/e/colecc/sala08/default.htm

Museum Nacional Reina Sofia has a small collection of works by David Smith and Julio Gonzalez.  I just had to add this link because I don't often see the works of Gonzalez shown. No photos of Smith's work is shown here.

http://www.antique-watch.com/idx/list.html

Pieces Of Time - this is a dealer's site specializing in antique clocks and watches. It's worthwhile to check this site out because there are many very fine examples of exquisite repousse` work, especially on pocket watch cases. Amply illustrated.

http://www.add.gr/jewel/elka/index.html

Don't miss out on this site. Greek Jewellery - Five Thousand Years Of Tradition. This is an excellent historical overview of some very fine works which sometimes includes examples of repousse as well as other forms of metal work.

http://www.trocadero.com/home.html

Trocadero - Antiques, Fine Art & Collectibles - This is a commercial site.   However if you cruise around a little bit you'll find some photos of works that may be of interest. You can window shop without buying anything, you know.

http://sfasian.apple.com/Mongolia/Reference/catalog/cat112.htm

Zanabazar's Anvil - I don't know why I'm including this except that the one illustrated anvil is so beautiful. I don't know who Zanabazar is but supposedly it's quite unusual to find evidence that he did some wrought metal work. I guess he was known mostly for his castings. Check out the anvil anyway, you'll love it.

http://members.aol.com/mansect

This is one of my sites but it has numerous examples of hollow formed sculptures that relate to the subject here.

http://www.artmetal.com/chrisray/mansect

Another site of mine that features my Mansect Series.  There are examples of hollow form work with raised portions that can qualify as repousse work.  

http://w3.uwyo.edu/~metal/patinas.html

Patinas - This is a useful site to visit.  Lots of info on the patination of metal here.

http://www.lowacre.demon.co.uk/weather.html

Chris Yeomans work in England: there are some weathervanes on this site showing repousse` work.

Kent White works in sheetmetal and has a number of projects to show how he works. Mostly oriented towards carbuilding and related fields, yet there are strong sculptural implications in his work.

http://www.artmetal.com/project/TOC/proces/acanths.html

Enrique Vega demonstrates the making of an acanthus leaf.  Hot forging is involved in this repousse piece.

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