Enameling on metal is not difficult. It is an exacting art which demands careful attention to such details as cleaning, application and firing, but it cannot be called "hard to do." In my opinion a technical process such as enameling becomes as "easy" or "hard" to do as the one doing it makes it for himself. If one proposes to be an artist, he never considers such an ambiguous term, but works with only one idea in mind; that is, to finish to his own satisfaction the present piece of work so that he may be released to start ...
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Enameling on metal is not difficult. It is an exacting art which demands careful attention to such details as cleaning, application and firing, but it cannot be called "hard to do." In my opinion a technical process such as enameling becomes as "easy" or "hard" to do as the one doing it makes it for himself. If one proposes to be an artist, he never considers such an ambiguous term, but works with only one idea in mind; that is, to finish to his own satisfaction the present piece of work so that he may be released to start the next. There can be no termination to art endeavor, for, especially after finishing an enamel, there are always variations of color, texture and motif which come to one's mind. The process of making and firing an enamel, therefore, constitutes a truly creative activity.
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Publisher:
Cleveland, The World Publishing Company, 1951
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English
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8367704956
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Hardback, 2nd Edition, Very Good Plus in Good Plus DJ; light bumping to top of book spine, DJ has 1/2 inch piece missing from top of spine, closed tears (repaired with tape) to top edge, general rubbing and wear, illustrated with color plates, 8vo., 208 pages.,
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Very Good. Book Indexed. Tight & solid. A few pencilled notes verso back cover. Introby Laurence Schmeckebier. author's photos, artwork. very good, no dj, rubbed spine lettering, navy cloth 208 pgs.
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Cleveland, The World Publishing Company, 1951,
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English
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10065315953
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Illus By Author. Good. Book Small quarto, hardcover, first endpaper missing and small stain at top corner of endpaper else VG in somewhat edgeworn black pictorial dj. 208 pages w/index. Over 125 Drawings & Illustrations including plates in color. Instructions teaching all phases of the craft of enameling.
