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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822636603321

Autore

Rood John <1902-1974.>

Titolo

Sculpture with a torch / / John Rood

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, [1963]

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (118 p.)

Disciplina

731

731.42

Soggetti

Sculpture - Technique

Welding

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; OXYACETYLENE WELDING AS A SCULPTURAL TECHNIQUE; EQUIPMENT; WELDING; BRAZING; A PIECE OF WELDED SCULPTURE STEP BY STEP; FINISHING; ARC-WELDING; BUILDING A LARGE SCULPTURE FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL SETTING; SKETCHES; SOME POSSIBILITIES; EXAMPLES OF RECENT WELDED SCULPTURE; GENERAL SAFETY RULES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

John Rood, a sculpture and former professor of art at the University of Minnesota, provides in this book a practical, how-to-do-it discussion of the technique of welded metal sculpture. In addition to serving as an instruction manual for students and arti