Pieh Tool

IND.I.A. (Industria Italiana Arteferro)

Full page pictures and line-ink designs of gates, railings, driveways, pedestrian gates and fences.

IND.I.A., based in Italy, is known as the world leader in the production and distribution of wrought iron components. Their catalogs include over 10,000 different ready to use artistic and forged items, including components for the fence and furniture industries.

Their forged pieces have been developed from in-depth studies by architects with a passion for wrought iron. The designs are perfect inspirational tools for creating gates, railings, stairways, grilles, balusters, posts, partitions, window grilles, indoor and outdoor lamps, furniture, pedestrian gates, and a great deal more!

Davidson III

Rickey's fascinating sculptural oeuvre spans a fifty-three-year period (1949-2002) and is incredibly diverse. This book is concerned exclusively with the early indoor sculptures from the first twenty-five years of Rickey's output. With over 380 photos covering the artist's early innovations, we get an intimate and more complete picture of his artistic diversity than ever before. This book lays a firm foundation to an understanding of the artist's creative intentions, and carefully categorizes the works into 35 chapters. Many of the works are published here for the first time.

Janney

The specialized art of carving gunstocks is very popular with both hunters and crafters. Many hunters commission artists to carve an image replicating a successful hunt on their gun or rifle which is then displayed to commemorate their catch. This type of woodcarving can be very lucrative and now carvers of all levels can learn this process from start to finish with this new book by Bill Janney.

Bill Janney has appeared on PBS's American Woodshop and is a featured demonstrator at Cabela's, a national hunting store. He lives in Middletown, Ohio.   

A Voyage through the Labyrinth of Steel and Toolmaking Strategies and Techniques 2000 BC to 1950
(Volume 11)

Defines hundreds of items of interest to blacksmiths, historians, and anyone seeking knowledge of steel- and toolmaking and its history. Topics range from ancient metallurgical techniques to later developments in iron and steel production in America and modern machines and the biomass-derived consumer products and toxic waste that they produce. While it stands alone as an important resource, the Glossary is also an invaluable component of the Davistown Museum Tools in History series, which surveys the history of steel and toolmaking and relates it to New England shipsmiths and edge toolmakers.

Rafter

The simple geometry of parts and pieces you find in a hardware store make it easy to design elegant accessories and jewelry, hexagons (nuts), circles (washers), squares (L-brackets), ovals (quick links), and rectangles (hinges). In this book you will find illustrated, step-by-step instructions for making twenty-four different pieces: earrings, bracelets, necklaces, belts and much more. At the end of the book is a glossary of all the material used in the projects and where to find the items that may not be found in a hardware store. "...elegance is determined not by money, but by style."

Sept. 22 - Dec. 1, 2002
National Ornamental Metal Museum
Memphis, TN

Each year, in conjunction with Repair Days, the Metal Museum presents a one-person retrospective of work by an American metal artist who is an acknowledged master. Harlan Butt, the 2002 Master Metalsmith, has exhibited his enamelwork both nationally and internationally for over twenty-five years. Elected a Fellow by the American Craft Council, he has been Regents Professor at the University of North Texas in Denton where he has taught since 1976.

He is internationally known for his enameled vessels - writing boxes, vases, tea caddies, chalices - all of which reflect his awareness of the Zen Buddhist concept of emptiness. For the past several years he has been engaged in a series of enamel works under the title "The Earth Beneath Our Feet".

McConnell

The American Arts and Crafts Movement flourished briefly but brilliantly during the early years of the twentieth century. It was during this era that the Heintz Art Metal Shop and its successor the Smith Metal Arts Company (Silver Crest) produced decorative bronze wares of the highest quality. Today's avid interest in Arts and Crafts furnishings and accessories has collectors searching for examples made by these two firms. This book provides collectors and dealers alike with a pictorial panorama of such Heintz and Silver Crest items as bowls, jewelry, trophies, vases, and desk pieces, as well as essential data regarding value, rarity, maker's marks, and company histories.

Hayden-Wright

This is the preeminent reference on antique English knives, written by one of Great Britain's most  respected 20th century authorities on weaponry.

The text contains much previously unknown historical information about cutlers and their art. The history of the famous American designed Bowie knife, manufactured extensively in Sheffield, is explained and amply illustrated. The history of the American Bowie knife explained and amply illustrated.

Discussions present multi-bladed sportsmen's pocket knives, farrier's, smoker's, quill knives, curiosities, and actual knives presented to King George IV in 1821.

Berry

Ideas, Inspiration, and Practical Advice for Adding Handles, Hinges, Knobs, and Pulls to Your Home

With the increased focus on building and renovation over the past decade, there has been a growing demand for hardware that is both beautiful and functional. Magazines and DIY shows have touted the importance of updating hardware and now even famous designers are marketing their own door pulls, but with so many options home owners often don't know where to begin. Architectural Hardware focuses on all aspects of incorporating architectural hardware into the home -- history, styles, finishes, tips from the pros, how-to projects as well as room-by-room hardware design.

Chapman

Hot shop II is now on CD! 

The book BK935 is the second booklet about Gene's shop tooling, step by step forging techniques, fly press stuff and for you knife makers, two copper handle blacksmith knives.

Lewton-Brain

A chain tool is a special class of chasing tool. It is a kind of stamp which automatically lines up the the previous blow in registered rows of rhythmic marks. The details of how to make this valuable tool are clearly explained.

Snyder

Over 450 vivid color photos provide a sweeping overview of the amazing range of iron artwork being created by 82 of today’s artist-blacksmiths. These works in metal are found in public spaces, offices, and homes. They vary in size from small, everyday objects to staggering public monuments. The pieces, discussed by the artists who made them, include sculpture, gates, railings, furniture, lighting fixtures, doors, locks, and much more. This book, the third in an ongoing series, has artwork arranged by the artist alphabetically, rather than in categories. This allows readers to see the full scope of each artist’s work together on adjoining pages. Here readers will find some artists whose work they have seen in other books in this series; others they are meeting for the first time. This book will be a prized reference guide and source of inspiration for homeowners, designers, artists, and blacksmiths as a fascinating snapshot of current trends in this dynamic, growing field of artistic endeavor.

Italian ironwork from Roman times, through Medieval centuries, and up to Neo Classical designs of the early nineteenth century comprise this collection of 100 photographs from Italian sources. They depict trellises, grilles, gates, fencing, household lighting, fireplace accoutrements, and door hardware that will inspire today's designers. Their origins in hill towns of Ialy are recorded for many images. This is authentic ironwork for contractors, decorators, and homeowners to enjoy.

McGrath

An indispensable reference for jewelers, designers, students, and anyone working with base and precious metals, this is a complete guide to the tools, materials, and techniques for creating beautifully decorative finishes for jewelry. Clear step-by-step photographs and instructions for key surface and decorative techniques enable you to achieve a wide range of spectacular effects. Illustrated samples demonstrate all the possible variations, with practical advice on how to achieve each finish. Includes essential safety information. Inspirational showcases of work by professional jewelers demonstrate how the different methods can be used to create stunning pieces.

Holschuh

The perfect guide through the process of equipping your own jewelery studio. It teaches you the techniques that will have you creating one-of-a-kind metal jewelry in no time.

Kaye-Moses

Metal clay is an innovative material that combines the workability of clay with the beautiful finish and durability of precious metals. The material is easy to manipulate and shape by hand to make beads for bracelets, necklaces, and other jewelry.  This book contains 15 projects for creating fine silver beads and a design gallery of 25 additional jewelry pieces. Intro chapters include information about tools and techniques. Projects are organized workshop-style, to build skills cumulatively.

1997 Exhibition Catalog

National Metal Museum
Memphis, TN

Sele\ct Works from 1991-1997

John Marshall heads the art department at the University of Washington in Seattle where he has taught since 1970. He is a founding member of the Society of North American Goldsmiths, an Artisan member of the Society of American Silversmiths and a member of the College of Fellows in Metal at the American Craft Council. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Cleveland Institute of Arts and a Masters from Syracuse University.

During his distinguished career, Marshall has exhibited widely in the United States and abroad. Commissions have been central to his productivity. Marshall prefers not to be associated with galleries because he enjoys dealing directly with the people who will own his work. Patrick Lannan was one of his most important patrons. The sculptures he commissioned were on a scale so large that Marshall began to employ hydraulics to manipulate the six foot sterling silver sheets from which they there made! Glacier, the largest of the series, measures 3' x 4' x 5'.

The 24 photos of John's pieces in this catalog are absolutely gorgeous, and rightfully so!

Ward

Sailing over fences is one of the most thrilling things you will ever do on horseback and Lesley Ward wants to help you accomplish that goal - safely and correctly. Her complete jumping program, combined with some serious enthusiasm and discipline on your part, will have you trotting over poles in no time, improving your skills, and working every day toward bigger, more challenging obstacles.

Photographs, diagrams, charts, and Ward's friendly, encouraging voice teach you the fundamentals of safe jumping - from properly positioning your body in the saddle to jumping combination fences.

Mattenklott

With an Essay by Gert Mattenklott

"Karl Blossfeldt's interest in the plant world was of an artistic and didactic nature: he was fascinated by the structure of plants, their organic configuration, and their lofty artistic form. He wanted to illustrate and compare in a photographic style that could be described as strictly objective, almost graphic.

His goal was to to create a catalogue of forms for the benefit of artists, artisans, and above all, architects. This then would provide them with a book of instruction and models to guide them in their designs." 

Plant life has for ever had a strong influence on blacksmith designs. From these pictures flows a forceful stream of inspirations also to the modern  blacksmith.

Hans Christian Adam

Taschen 25th Anniversary

German photography pioneer Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932) photographed plants so beautifully, and with such originality, that his work transcends the medium itself. Over more than 30 years, he took thousands of photographs, revealing a formally rigorous talent whose precision and dedication bridge the nineteenth and twentieth century worlds of image making and bring a distinctly sculptural aspect to a firmly two-dimensional art form. Beautifully but starkly composed against plain cardboard backgrounds, Blossfeldt's images, relying on a northern light for their sense of volume, reveal nothing of the man but everything of themselves. They are still-lifes, piercingly final statements on their subject, and have endured owing to their technical brilliance and the ongoing fascination of students and photographers. Like their maker, they are quietly and lastingly effective.