Metal Artist Forum

Here is a list of books I own and highly recommend:

The Artist Blacksmith by Peter Parkinson
The Contemporary Blacksmith by Dona Z. Meilach
Decorative and Sculptural Ironwork by Dona Z. Meilach
Direct Metal Sculpture by Dona Z. Meilach
Metal Techniques for Craftsman by Oppi Untracht
The Colouring, Bronzing, and Patination of Metals by Richard Hughes & Michael Rowe
Art Nouveau Decorative Ironwork by Dover Publications
Samuel Yellin Metalworker by Jack Andrews
Gas Burners for Forges, Furnaces, & kilns by Michael Porter
The Fabricator Magazine http://www.nomma.org

Lives Shaped by Steel by Nancy Zastrow
Fireplace Accessories by Dona Z. Meilach
Architectural Ironwork by Dona Z. Meilach
Moving Metal by Adolf Steines

Matt, just a note to say that people are reading this website. I'm looking for the Hughes book and called one dealer who had one listed and he said "Oh, yes, we've had quite a few calls for that Book".

taz Wrote:Matt, just a not to say that people are reading this website. I'm looking for the Hughes book and called one dealer who had one listed andhe said "Oh, yes, we've had quite a few calls for that Book".

You will enjoy that book. I think I got mine from Amazon.com and it took a few weeks to get here. My chemical storage area is pretty full. I look like a mad scientist.

I have been playing with heat patinas on copper as well and I'm really liking them.