Metals and metal-working in old Japan . o have ranked higherthan artisans. The foundry of the artist always now formspart of his dwelling house, and doubtless this was the casein earlier times. A special feature in many is the well-arranged garden on which the modelling rooms open, sothat the artist works amid cheerful surroundings which mustinfluence his work for good. In the cera perduta process of casting, the object is firstcarefully modelled in wax. A description of the preparationof an ornamental brazier will best illustrate the variousoperations. A frame was made similar to that shown i
Metals and metal-working in old Japan . o have ranked higherthan artisans. The foundry of the artist always now formspart of his dwelling house, and doubtless this was the casein earlier times. A special feature in many is the well-arranged garden on which the modelling rooms open, sothat the artist works amid cheerful surroundings which mustinfluence his work for good. In the cera perduta process of casting, the object is firstcarefully modelled in wax. A description of the preparationof an ornamental brazier will best illustrate the variousoperations. A frame was made similar to that shown in fig. 12, asfollows: A sufficient number of flat strips of wood are prepared,their external edges being roughly cut to the shape of theinterior of the brazier to be cast. These are arranged aroundthe two discs of wood. Thin strips of bamboo or a cord ofstraw are now wound round the frame, covering its this the exact form of the interior of the brazier is mouldedin clay. The whole, which is termed a core, was then carefully. ENTRANCE GATE TO THE TOMB OF TOKUGAWA lYEYASU (Nikko).
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