NEW! - Jeffersonian

y JAMES 8 MEEK
THE MAGNIFICENT CLASSIC
THE ENGRAVING WORLD HAS BEEN WAITING FOR
Chapter 1 - DESIGN & LAYOUT. what is good I""out. .. drawing
scrolls, leaves, flowers, mythological figures, ribbons, borders
... enlarging basic scroll into design ... transferring to steel
Chapter 2 - MATERIALS - listing/photos of engravers' tools...
how they work ... how to sharpen & maintain cutting edge... gold
for inlays/how to buy ... how to plan/make your own vise/tools
Chapter 3 - ANATOMY - effect of muscle & limb on "I~k" of
animal ... drawin gs/pictures of big game/smal! game/fowl/birds/
dogs/bear/cats in many poses... good vs bad animal engraving
Chapter 4 - LETTERING - Gothic, Roman, Old English, Script
alphabets... laying out letters... tools to cut. .. nameplates,
monograms, initials ... designing/building/using tool sharpener
Chapter 5 - The CAMERA. ANOTHER TOOL - use to enlarge/
redl.ce patterns, layouts, designs... transferring patterns...for
doing animal/human studies to engrave from ... trace/copy fi gures
Chapter 6 - BEGINNING TO ENGRAVE - tools to use... howto
make cut ... howto hold tools for different cuts/effects/shading!
movement in pattern howto hold hammer ... floorplates to copy
using engravers vise using hand gravers... practice plates
Chapter 7· ADVANCED ENGRAVING - shaping special gravers/
tools... ,gold wire borders, outlines, sClQlls... gold wire inl",,/
sheet gold inl ay/repousse gold inlay ... doing/finishing high relief
engraving... numerous floor plate designs... scroll plates
Chapter 8 - The GRAVERMEISTER - complete introduction, di s­
cussion ofthisnewtool. .. control, versatility, \\Qrk capabilities
Written For YOU!
THE ART OF ENGRAVING brings to the reader - for the first
time ever - a complete, authoritative, imaginative and detailed
introduction and training in the art of gun engraving. It isa
supremely unique book, for not only does it sweep aside the
my~tery which has surrounded engraving through the centuries,
but it factually, simply and in laylllen's terms tells you how to
engrave. Unlik-e so many so-calIed "instruction manuals", The
Art of Engraving does not assume you know anything about engraving.
You start atthe beginning by learning to draw scrolis &
layouts, then cut practice plates until you are sure enough of
your ability to actually proceed to designing a pattern, transferringit
to agun and cutting it into the steel. Whether you want
to learn to engrave now... think you might like to in the future
... or simply wish to broaden your knowledge of the art tc) be
able to better judge the \\Qrk of others (as yOll will learn to tell
the good from the bad- and know .....ny), this is the book for you.
Deluxe First Edition
A Magnificently beautiful book. Deluxe hard-bound doth covers.
Bound a special way to lie flat on your bench. Printed on the
finest dulI-finished coated paper ,available (so exceptional a
special, l'!1i1l-run was made). Extensive use of color throughout
hi ghli ghts. designs/ilIustrations/pictures. Absol utely no ~ffort
spared to make it an instant classic as a \\Qrk of art in its'own
right as a book -not Withstanding the almost mind:-boggIing profusion
of draWings, photographs, illustrations, designs,l""outs,
technical information, instructions, details and steps given to
teach you to engrave.
Complete - Authoritative
208 extremely handsome 8Y2 x 11 pages. Over 1378 photograph 50
drawings, designs, layouts, ilIustrations. Hundreds of examples
of master engravers' mrk to show specific styles, handling of
designs, useof different techniques and the effect they achieve.
Thoroughly cross-referenced index with Qver 600 entries make
locating a specific tool, design, letter, techniquefast and easy.
Comprehensive listing of important & useful reference books of
design, engraving, metal \\Qrk. Complete names & addresses of
suppliers of all the tools, equipment, precious metals, b!>oks,
that are discussed and used throughout the book.
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