| Today's Metal Craft workers should truly | | | | sell to customers who are willing to pay the price |
| appreciate the artistic skills & techniques used | | | | for custom made iron & metalwork items.But |
| exclusively by the highly skilled metal artisans | | | | first, the metal craft worker needs to re-learn the |
| from almost one hundred years ago.Decorative | | | | special old time metal working skills used create |
| metalworking is undergoing a new renaissance as | | | | these beautiful metal worksMost of this |
| more & | | | | knowledge has been preserved for anyone who |
| more people become involved in hobby metal | | | | wants to |
| craft. The skilful use of simple metal craft hand | | | | become involved in artistic metal work. An ebook |
| tools, allows the worker to create fine metal | | | | has just been republished which explains in full, the |
| work items.The casual onlooker of the | | | | correct way to go about designing genuine |
| magnificent ornamental metalwork's found on | | | | reproduction bent ironwork, this ebook will show |
| many historic public buildings in the USA, United | | | | the novice or advanced metal worker the design |
| Kingdom, Canada & many other countries, would | | | | concepts, and |
| hardly realize the many painstaking weeks or | | | | how to transfer drawings into real life full size |
| months of work involved in creating these | | | | objects.Ironworkers over a century ago did not |
| elaborate metal works.Every day, thousands of | | | | have arc welders to join their creations together, |
| people walk straight past the beautifully | | | | instead, they used special methods to bind the |
| crafted iron work, & decorative iron arches in | | | | intricate metal work together, many of which are |
| public buildings & | | | | still in good repair today, even after one hundred |
| gardens, and not give them a second glance.But | | | | years, such was their skill.Metal work skills also |
| the new age metal-craft worker of today would | | | | combined the art of chemical etching of intricate |
| stop and admire | | | | designs onto copper and brass, & special methods |
| & appreciate the design & craftsmanship skills | | | | of colouring or creating patinas on all kinds of |
| required to create | | | | metals for different unique effects.Sheet metal |
| these superb handmade iron & metal-works of | | | | cross strips and borders were also used for |
| yesteryear. It is | | | | outdoor garden tables and chairs, this exacting skill |
| a learning experience.Examples of old bent iron | | | | is explained and described in detail so that the |
| design work can also be used as inspiration for | | | | home hobby metal worker can reproduce |
| ideas to incorporate into new items made for | | | | them.The special skills explained in the ebook will |
| today's lifestyle which any skilled metal worker of | | | | enable the artistic metal worker to recreate |
| today could reproduce, things such as: garden | | | | ornamental iron works just like the metal craft |
| structures, outdoor garden furniture, household | | | | masters did over a century ago. |
| utensils, or high quality items could be produced to | | | | |