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Form Emphasis for Metalsmiths

Form Emphasis for Metalsmiths

Seppä

Paperback

Art HistoryGeneral EducationSculpting

ISBN10: 0873382129
ISBN13: 9780873382120
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Published: Oct 1 1978
Pages: 150
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.51 Width: 6.86 Depth: 10.00
Language: English

The classic that redefined the vocabulary of metalsmithing

In print for more than four decades, Form Emphasis for Metalsmiths, by master artist and teacher of metalwork Heikki Seppä, presents a bold new approach to creative expression in metal. Believing that the time has come for the artist to free himself from the functional forms that have dominated the metal smith's craft--the cup, the box, the pitcher, etc.--Seppä urges the craftsman to create in terms of pure form. Following Seppä's approach, two things are essential. The first is a thorough understanding of the special properties of metal as an artistic medium and an intimate knowledge of techniques for working it. Only when he has mastered the physical means of working with metal can the artist free his imagination for unimpeded creation. Though not addressed to the beginner, Seppä discusses the fundamental techniques of planishing, soldering, and hinging--all the basic means by which metal is shaped. The second is to free the artist from thinking in terms of function, since this limits her concepts of what can be created. Even such traditional forms as the cube, the cone, the cylinder, and the dome have their limitations, and Seppä opens new possibilities by creating a new vocabulary, new terms by which to identify the many shapes metal can take under skilled hands.

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