Chiselling and Embossing Course
Embossing and chiselling are techniques that in gold work are generally used together: the first is done on the back of a sheet of metal ("verso") on which a drawing or design has been traced, while the second is carried out on the front side ("recto") of the same sheet of metal.
Embossing is an antique technique by which a drawing or design is reproduced in relief by deforming a sheet of metal without heating it: the sheet of metal is secured to a mobile support whose surface is made of a malleable substance and the work is carried out on the reverse side of the sheet, (verso) with mallets and rounded-tip punches, utilizing the malleability of the metal or alloy.
Chiselling, also an antique technique, is a complimentary procedure which follows the embossing process, as it is used to carry out the finishing touches on the reverse side of the sheet of metal by mallets and chisels or punches similar to the previous ones but smaller and with different shapes: on the front of the metal sheet (recto) which has been shaped by the embossing, the contours of the drawing or decorative pattern are refinished and new ones which are smaller and more precise are added by light tapping of the chisel.
Programme for Basic Course
Behaviour of metals during the working and the placing of it on the colophony; The making of the tools, their function and their correct use; Practise on a flat sheet of brass; Creation of a piece of embossing and chisel work on a flat sheet of metal.
Programme for Intermediate Course
Behaviour of metals during the working, reheating of metal and the placing of it on the colophony; Introduction to other tools and their correct use; Introduction to the making of the iron punches used with the chisel; Techniques for drawing on a flat metal sheet; Practice of medium difficulty in relief on a flat sheet of copper; Creation of a piece of embossing and chisel work on a flat sheet of copper of medium difficulty.
Programme for Advanced Course
Behaviour of metals during the working; Introduction to other tools and their correct use; Making of the iron punches used with the chisel; Practice of a complex piece in relief on a flat sheet of copper; Creation of a piece on a flat sheet of metal.
Course Prices 2008
| SC1 - BASIC COURSE (108 hours in 12 weeks) | € 2,200.00 |
| SC2 - INTERMEDIATE COURSE (108 hours in 12 weeks) | € 2,200.00 |
| SC3 - ADVANCED COURSE (108 hours in 12 weeks) | € 2,200.00 |
Registration fee
for 3 months - € 50.00
Notes
- Each course is 9 hours per week
Begining Dates 2008
7.1 - 4.2 - 3.3 - 31.3 - 28.4 - 26.5 - 30.6 - 1.9 - 29.9 - 27.10 - 24.11
National Holidays Observed
24.3 - 25.4 - 1.5 - 2.6 - 24.6 - 8.12
School Holidays
26.7.2008 - 31.8.2008 and 20.12.2008 - 4.1.2009
