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Oxford University Press (Oxford Paperbacks Handbooks for Artists 12) [Published Date: 1971] Paperback, 128 pp Second Impression 1976. Contents include: Acknowledgements; Authors' Note; Design; The Materials; Shaping Processes; Soldering; Construction and Strengthening; Boxmaking; Investment Casting; Finishing; Embellishment Appendixes: The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths; Selected Bibliography; Suppliers; Conversion Tables; Index. Black and white illustrations throughout. [From inside front cover] The contribution which Professor Goodden and Philip Popham have made to the high reputation of modem British silver is well known, the one as a designer, the other as both designer and craftsman, and both as teachers in the School from which the majority of our leading young designers have graduated. They begin this book with a chapter on design, which shows how the particular qualities of silver affect the appearance of the finished article. They then consider the materials and tools needed. The chapters on techniques include the 'Shaping Processes', 'Soldering', 'Investment Casting', 'Finishing' and 'Embellishing'. The book will help the silversmith to ensure, in the words of the book. that the form and character of what he makes, the design of it, as well as the quality of its craftsmanship, will be worthy of a material which has held a Place of honour for so long