. Silverwork and jewelery; a text-book for students and workers in metal, by H. Wilson. is done muchrecting defects time will be spent in cor-which might have beenavoided. Endeavor from the first toacquire the right method of handlingthe hammer and holding the punch. Anychaser will show this in a moment. Incase none is at hand the appended diagram(fig. lo) will make it clear. The punchis held between the thumb and the first48 and second fingers, the top of the third Repoussefinger rests on the metal as a pivot and Workguide. A little practise will make thisaction, at first difficult, afterward
. Silverwork and jewelery; a text-book for students and workers in metal, by H. Wilson. is done muchrecting defects time will be spent in cor-which might have beenavoided. Endeavor from the first toacquire the right method of handlingthe hammer and holding the punch. Anychaser will show this in a moment. Incase none is at hand the appended diagram(fig. lo) will make it clear. The punchis held between the thumb and the first48 and second fingers, the top of the third Repoussefinger rests on the metal as a pivot and Workguide. A little practise will make thisaction, at first difficult, afterward Fig. io. In high relief work the relief is pro-duced by alternately working on the backand front; driving the ground down fromthe front and the form out from theback. With care, patience, and manyannealings, work may be done almostin the round. For this work punches,shaped somewhat like the tip of the4 49 Rqxjusse thumb, are most useful for getting theWork relief from the back, and rounded facedpunches for the work on the must be made by the studenthimself. In all repousse work the mainthing is to realize that metal is plastic,and with care can be led into forms orspread over surfaces like so much hardwax. This is especially true of copper,fine silver, fine and sovereign gold. Brass,even the best, is much less student should be ever alert toseize the suggestions of decorative treat-ment of the metal which constantly arisewhile his work is in progress. Thebehavior of the metal is more instructivethan any teacher. Avoid the use of mattedor grained surfaces exce
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