Sculpture with a torch / John Rood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rood, John, 1902-1974.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sculpture--Technique.

Sculpture.

Welding.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (118 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [1963]

Summary:

John Rood, a sculpture and former professor of art at the University of Minnesota, provides in this book a practical, how-to-do-it discussion of the technique of welded metal sculpture. In addition to serving as an instruction manual for students and arti

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; OXYACETYLENE WELDING AS A SCULPTURAL TECHNIQUE; EQUIPMENT; WELDING; BRAZING; A PIECE OF WELDED SCULPTURE STEP BY STEP; FINISHING; ARC-WELDING; BUILDING A LARGE SCULPTURE FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL SETTING; SKETCHES; SOME POSSIBILITIES; EXAMPLES OF RECENT WELDED SCULPTURE; GENERAL SAFETY RULES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

437212098