Studio: international art (7.1896)

Light Metal-Work for Amateurs

accident than if considerable pressure had been face. When the embossing is completed, the
applied at first. The left hand should be used to design can be sharpened by the aid of the out-
guide the tool and to increase the pressure if lining tools, which are also useful for indicating
necessary. Care must be taken to prevent the tool the veins of leaves, feathers in wings, and such-like
from following its own bent and leaving the out- detail. The metal should then be placed, face
line, but the danger is minimised if the tool be upwards, on a hard, flat substance, and the back-
always drawn towards the body, the metal itself ground, particularly round the outline, may be
being shifted as required. If, however, such an pressed down by means of any of the tools which

may seem most suitable for
the particular purpose, and
by the same means the
outline itself should be
cleared up.

The work is now practi-
cally finished, save the
actual polishing of the
metal. If, however, after it
has been polished it be
suspended over a spirit
flame, a beautiful irides-
cence will appear, the
colours being blue, red,
mauve, and green. These
colours often help out the
design, and a little plate
powder will clear them off
where not required. An-
copper-work panel designed by edgar wilson other method of finishing

executed by c. h. l. emanuel off tq bum the whole

design black in a spirit

accident does happen, it can be easily rectified, flame, and then to polish only such parts as stand
the line being pressed back from the face by out in relief. In every case the bright metal should
means of one of the embossing tools. For this be subsequently coated with one of the many
purpose the metal is placed on its back, on some collodions or varnishes supplied for that purpose,
flat hard substance, such as the metal carrier used If the relief is high it should be supported from
in a hand camera, costing not more than 2d. or 3^. behind by a stopping of wax or glue.

When the outline is
completed the design has
to be modelled. This is
done with the embossing
tools, the metal being
worked, as before, from
the back. Unless but a
slight relief is required, a
pad of cotton-wool should
be placed under the bed
of felt or flannel. The
necessary relief is obtained
by pressure of the hand
on the embossing tool,
frequent reference to the
face of the metal being
advisable: over-relief can copper-work panel designed by edgar wilson

be corrected from the executed by c. h. l. emanuel

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