[TheForge] Explaining stuff like- School Science Fair Project

[Dave Brown]

At 10:14 03/24/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Well, the best thing to do is start with basic art books at the library, 
>if you
>want to know what various descriptive terms like "baroque" mean. That word is
>applied to furniture and architechture as well as to repousse designs.

The word 'baroque'  may be "applied" to repousee but the two are far from 
the same.  Repousee is a process or technique as opposed to baroque which 
is a style.  It may be highly/overly ornate as in baroque, but it can also 
be plain.  Repousee is frequently done in conjunction with chasing, another 
interesting technique.

Dave Brown
<who is in the midst of making some repousee and chasing tools for his own 
use, and a few for a friend>

p.s.  1040/45 and coil springs of different dimensions are very good metals 
for making repousee/chasing tools.  For thin metals you can make them from 
mild steel, but superquenching is suggested for this.

Koka Metalsmiths (Bill Fiorini and Kirsten Skiles) might be a good place 
for Rick to start his search.
http://www.kokametalsmiths.com/

D