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Title: The Metal Craft Book: 50 Easy and Beautiful Projects from Coper, Tin, Brass, Aluminum, and More by Deborah Morgenthal, Janice Eaton Kilby ISBN: 1-57990-310-X Publisher: Lark Books Pub. Date: 28 March, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Girly book
Comment: It is a measure of the depravity of industrial culture that "craft" -- which once connoted such things as blacksmithing and making violins -- has taken on the connotation of making trinkets.
I once knew a welfare slattern who lived in a trailer and kept the windows shut. She spent the day sticking beads and sequins into styrofoam shapes with pins to make things she said were "cute". This book is her, but on glossy paper.
The closest you'll come to making anything at all functional is a picture frame -- rectangular. The whole book really drips with violent prejudice against anything except decorative whimsy.
Look around your house -- look how many crummy things are made of metal that you could make much better, and much more attractive, yourself -- but not with this book.
Why the retreat into trinketry? Are you afraid to make the things you use? How, exactly, did you come to believe that industry and technology have legitimately confined your creative impulses and abilities --- which would otherwise produce objects which give some of YOUR character to YOUR environment -- to that which merely decorates? The creative urge seeks to supply that which your soul perceives to be lacking in your surroundings. Do you really believe the longing can be filled with baubles?
How about a doll made out of a spoon with steel wool for hair? A bracelet made out of a tin can? Or -- I swear to God -- a coin purse made out of a cough drops tin?
If that's your idea of metal craft, look no further. If you want to learn hand tool techniques, joining, and all that "masculine" stuff -- i.e. the low down on how to craft metal into something ...USEFUL ... forget it.
Rating: 4
Summary: the metal craft book
Comment: I thought this book had alot of very good information for someone new to metal work. I loved the instructions for how to achieve different patinas. Most of the 50 projects were very good, and the instructions were easy to follow. All in all it is a fun craft book.
Rating: 5
Summary: stimulating the creative juices
Comment: This book has made it into my bathroom bookcase. We all know where the best books are kept. Whether you are a beginner at metal smithing or a pro looking for inspiration, this is an excellent book. There are some wonderful projects with detailed instructions. The projects range from tin can jewlery to cosmic copper table tops. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is or wants to be creative.
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Title: Home and Garden Metal Crafts by Jana Ewy ISBN: 1581803303 Publisher: North Light Books Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Metalwork for Craftsmen by Emil F. Kronquist ISBN: 0486227898 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 June, 1972 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Tin Craft: A Workbook by Fern-Rae Abraham ISBN: 0865340986 Publisher: Sunstone Press Pub. Date: April, 1994 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: New Metal Foil Crafts: Simple and Inspiring Crafts to Make at Home by Barbara Matthiessen ISBN: 1564968987 Publisher: Rockport Publishers Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Tinwork by Mary Maguire ISBN: 1842151223 Publisher: Southwater Pub Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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