Wrought Ironwork: A Manual of Instruction for Craftsmen (Fox Chapel Publishing) 33 Step-by-Step Blacksmith Lessons for Scrolls from Ribbon-End to Beveled, Water Leaves, Wavy Bars, & an Ornamental Gate - Softcover

Council For Small Industries In Rural Areas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 149710064X ISBN 13: 9781497100640

Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

Further your skills and hone the techniques necessary to become a skilled smith.

• 33 step-by-step lessons with coordinating photography
• Practical and essential guide for the modern smith
• Learn to make scrolls, water leaves, wavy bars, and ornamental gates
• Focus on techniques to master the trade of blacksmithing

Second in its series and a facsimile edition of the original 1953 instruction manual, Wrought Ironwork is a practical and essential guide with a focus on technique for the modern smith.

With 33 step-by-step lessons and coordinating photography for making a variety of scrolls—from ribbon-end scrolls to beveled scrolls—water leaves, and wavy bars, and eventually onto the creation and assembly of an ornamental gate, Wrought Ironwork will help you practice the fundamentally vital methods to this timeless trade.

Working in succession with Blacksmith's Craft, you'll further your skills and hone the techniques necessary to become a skilled smith.

About this title

About the Author

The Council for Small Industries in Rural Areas was set up as an agent in 1968 to aid small rural industry, and then in 1975 its work was expanded to include the creation of 1,500 jobs in the Special Investment Areas.

From the Back Cover

Traditional Techniques for the Modern Craftsman

Further your blacksmith skills and practice the fundamentally vital methods to this timeless trade. With a focus on technique, part one of Wrought Ironwork provides lessons for making a variety of scrolls, twists, wavy bars, and water leaves. Part two will walk you through each step of making, fitting, and assembling an ornamental gate, and the final section offers detailed guidance on painting ironwork. With a total of 33 step-by-step lessons and coordinating black and white photography, this comprehensive instruction manual is the key to properly succeeding in the craft of blacksmithing.

• A complete guide to understanding traditional blacksmithing techniques
• Includes 33 step-by-step lessons with supportive photography and captions
• Learn the procedures to make scrolls, wavy bars, water leaves, and an ornamental gate
• Know how to prime and paint completed ironwork pieces

Other books in this Series:
Blacksmith's Craft
Decorative Ironwork

Edition details

• Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 149710064X
• ISBN 13: 9781497100640
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96