ArtMetal

Your description of pushing from the back to get a higher relief confuses me.Like you, I know that there are different styles but not much about them. Years ago, I took a workshop with Marcia Lewis and also had her book. The things that she brought to show were better than what I saw in the book. However, it's a good educational book . She had recently studied with a Japanese master and had adapted some of their techniques. We made tools and mated the working ends. That's right. Not shiny and bright but slightly textured. She told us that the Japanese work off a high mound of pitch.marilyn