Into The New Iron Age : Modern British Blacksmiths Hardback
by Amina Chatwin
Part of the Historic Series series
Hardback
Description
There is now a great revival of creative smithing in Britain.
How did it come about and what are the influences that helped to open up the craft to 20th century design?
PART 1 Looks back to the past-to Art Nouveau, Gaudi, and the ironwork of Charles Rennie Mackintosh explores the more recent input from Europe and America: follows the formation and development of the British Artist Blacksmith Association and seeks to define Modern Ironwork.
PART II Consists of monographs on eighteen of our finest Designer Metal smiths and sculptors, including: Terrence Clark, Alan Dawson, Alan Evans, Stuart Hill, James Horrobin, Giuseppe Lund, Charles Normandale, Peter Parkinson, David Petersen, Walenty Pytel and Antony Robinson.
Look into their minds find out how they arrive at their designs and tackle the problems of their commissions.
Discover what modern techniques they employ. rchitects will find here a comprehensive survey of the contemporary ironwork available, giving an insight into the strengths and various styles of major smiths creating ironwork for our own time. 224 Pages. Total of 440 illustrations, Photographs, drawings and wood engravings.
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- Pages:223 pages, 440 illustrations, photos, drawings, woodcuts.; 440 illustrations, photos, drawings, wood
- Publisher:Reardon Publishing
- Publication Date:12/04/2024
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- ISBN:9781901037258
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:223 pages, 440 illustrations, photos, drawings, woodcuts.; 440 illustrations, photos, drawings, wood
- Publisher:Reardon Publishing
- Publication Date:12/04/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9781901037258
