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Electroforming

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Electroforming explores the specialised technique used by jewellery makers, ceramicists, and glass artists to create delicate and intricate shapes. This method enables the production of lightweight, strong, and detailed pieces, including those with complex or irregular forms that are challenging to craft by other means. The book also covers the use of moulds for making repeat pieces and shows how electroforming can faithfully reproduce fine details, such as coating a spider's web in gold.
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This book is ideal for artists, jewellery makers, and craftspeople interested in advanced techniques for producing detailed and delicate creations. It will also appeal to students and professionals in the fields of ceramics and glass art, as well as hobbyists eager to expand their skillset.

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Electroforming is a technique used by jewellery makers as well as ceramicists and glass artists. It allows the manufacture of delicate and/or irregular shapes that would be difficult to achieve by other means, as well as repetition pieces (using moulds), which can also be difficult to make.

No other small handbook available on the subjectThe author is widely regarded as one of the top people in this fieldElectroforming is a technique widely used in the craft field, by no means restricted to only jewellery makingJewellery handbookHighly illustrated, accessible text

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Electroforming is a technique used by jewellery makers as well as ceramicists and glass artists. It allows the manufacture of delicate and/or irregular shapes that would be difficult to achieve by other means, as well as repetition pieces (using moulds), which can also be difficult to make.

For jewellery, electroforming means that relatively lightweight and delicate shapes can still be made rigid and strong, and that fastenings, etc., can be attached to difficult or irregular shapes. It also allows intricate details to be faithfully reproduced (coating a spider's web in gold to make jewellery, for example).

Series: Jewellery Handbooks

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780713652963

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 October 2004

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: A & C Black Publishers Ltd

Illustration: 116 colour

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 150.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 360g

Pages: 144

About the Author

Leslie Curtis is a lecturer at the School of Jewellery, University of Central England (Birmingham). As well as teaching, he has worked in industry as a designer and is currently researching the use of computers in electroforming. He is one of the UK's leading authorities on electroforming.

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