The Art of Sculpture Welding

Author: Kristi Richardson McCoy
Publisher: Industrial Press
ISBN: 9780831135164
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This extraordinary seven-part book covers the processes of creating 13 projects -- from pencils to vases to bicycles -- for all personalities, skill levels and interests. It is specifically designed for students, beginning welders, hobbyists, and do-it-yourselfers. Many of the plans have been built multiple times by students and others. The plans are easy to read and the projects are meant to motivate the reader to want to learn the welding and fabrication processes. All plans include a list of materials, dimensions, special notes as needed., plus any commentaries about special equipment that might be necessary to compete the projects.

The Art of Welded Sculpture

Author: Suzanne Benton
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 158

Book Description

The Inspiration Blueprint

Author: BarbieTheWelder
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692124949
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 74

Book Description
Using my unique experiences as I went from being on welfare to becoming a world renowned metal sculptor I share with you step by step how I designed my perfect life by creating a picture, an Inspiration Blueprint, and how you too can create yours and live your most inspired life!

Welded Sculpture of the Twentieth Century

Author: Judy Collischan
Publisher: Ben Uri Gallery & Museum
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 150

Book Description
Welded sculpture evolved as an art-form in the 1930s as artists began to adapt an industrial method for aesthetic purposes.This historical survey explores the plentiful and varied approaches to sculpture possible through welding and its companion processes. Many twentieth-century artists have produced a prestigious body of welded sculpture, often contributing to the development of this method by experimentation.With its strong European artistic roots, welded sculpture has transcended several 'isms' and trends, by-passing ephemeral styles and marketing mechanisms. This book presents a detailed examination of a technique, its artist exponents, and its associated social and political milieux over the last three quarters of the twentieth century. It records and comments on the history of welded art as it has occurred in our time, contributing to and expanding artistic parameters.Artists featured in this book include Pablo Picasso, László Moholy-Nagy, Harry Bertoia, Phillip King, Anthony Caro, Lynn Chadwick and Eduardo Paolozzi, to name but a few.

Learn to Weld

Author: Stephen Christena
Publisher:
ISBN: 159253869X
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 179

Book Description
DIVMaster MIG welding and the metal fabrication techniques you need to repair, create, and duplicate projects in your home welding studio. Learn to Weld starts with the basics: setting up your studio, the right safety gear and safety procedures, and the equipment and materials you will need to begin with welding. With the help of step-by-step metalworking photos and tutorials, you will learn detailed techniques for cutting and grinding, and for joinery using a MIG welder. Practice the techniques and projects, and you’ll soon be able to repair, create, and duplicate metal fabrication projects in your own welding studio. Best of all, you will have both the fundamental skills and the confidence you need to create whatever is in your imagination. With Learn to Weld you’ll be equipped to conquer a world of welding projects./div

The Art of Welding

Author: William Galvery
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780831134754
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Ryan Friedlinghaus, the celebrated guru of automotive customization and host of West Coast Customs on Fox Sports, adds practical knowledge to William Galvery's acclaimed welding insight and everyday tips and tricks developed over his long professional career as an educator. Provides in-depth coverage of the equipment and techniques used in the most popular welding processes: oxyacetylene, stick welding, MIG welding and TIG welding. Presents information in a lively, easy-to-follow design. Each chapter contains the pros and cons of each process and information on equipment, setup, materials, safety and welding techniques. To provide a solid footing for the novice welder, there is a chapter that provides an overview of welding and another on tools and materials. The bulk of the book is devoted to the more popular welding techniques. The authors also provide a chapter on soldering and brazing and another on plasma cutting.

The Art of Welding

Author: W. A. Vause
Publisher: Special Interest Model
ISBN: 9780852428467
Category : Mens collection
Languages : en
Pages : 95

Book Description
This book sets out the basic techniques for oxyacetylene welding, brazing, flame cutting and electric arc welding with mild steel, cast iron, stainless steel, copper, brass etc. in sheet, plate or cast form.

Welding Fabrication & Repair

Author: Frank Marlow
Publisher: Industrial Press Inc.
ISBN: 9780831131555
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 348

Book Description
Providing insights, ideas, and tips for solving real-world fabrication problems, this guide presents a broad range of methods from different welding specialties and a brief understanding of the nonwelding knowledge nearly all welders must have to advance in their trade.

Making Sculpture from Scrap Metal

Author: Peter Parkinson
Publisher: Crowood
ISBN: 1785000225
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 170

Book Description
Transforming unlikely pieces of scrap metal into significant works of art - giving new life to things we throw away - is an accessible, creative and fulfilling activity. This book describes and illustrates the concerns and techniques involved in making this kind of sculpture, looking behind the work at the richness and diversity of an area of sculpture that deserves to be far better known. Topics covered include the role and purpose of sculpture, the particular qualities of sculpture made from scrap metal and the practical processes involved in its making. It also covers sources of scrap metal, identifying metals, reviewing metalworking techniques, creative approaches, different types of sculpture, and the making, finishing and installation of pieces of sculpture. This book will be of great interest to blacksmiths, sculptors and metalworkers and is beautifully illustrated with 108 colour photographs from work by professional sculptors and students, showcasing a range of different approaches.

A Passion for Metal

Author: Henry Harvey
Publisher: Schiffer Art Books
ISBN: 9780764318405
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A metal sculptor for over 30 years, Henry Harvey has created works that reside in public and private collections around the world. Now, with wit and style, Harvey divulges a rare, no-holds-barred accounting of the world of metal sculpting, from the lighting of a torch, to techniques, patinas, and a candid insight into the genesis of his sculpture. A number of projects are illustrated and explained in exquisite detail, making this an absolute must for everyone contemplating becoming a sculptor. It is richly illustrated.