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Lost-Wax Casting In Contemporary Jewelry, James Matthew Marta
Lost-Wax Casting In Contemporary Jewelry, James Matthew Marta
Graduate Student Research Papers
This paper will attempt to give the art teacher, art student, or craftsman a reliable guide to the methods, techniques, processes, problems and possibilities involved in producing a piece of cast jewelry by the lost-wax, or cire-perdu., method. None of the available guides to lost-wax casting give sufficient depth of technique, methods, or use of tools for the craftsman or teacher who may wish to improvise a casting experience in the classroom by the gravity-steam method. This paper will also aid the individual who wishes to establish a permanent lost-wax casting technique as a standard method in making jewelry, in …
(An Analysis Of) Jewelry Making And Language, Lee Whitley
(An Analysis Of) Jewelry Making And Language, Lee Whitley
Graduate Student Research Papers
The purpose of this paper was to clarify the significance of jewelry by showing it to be like a language, both in past history and today. Jewelry is divided into two general divisions, that mass produced industrially at a relatively low cost and that individually-produced by craftsmen at considerable expense. It was not the intention of this paper to separate the two, merely to explore the language of jewelry through the medium of symbols.A