Rhythmic repousse.(art project)

Arts & Activities | December 1, 2002| | Copyright

I wanted to use a method that's been around for centuries to teach my students repetition, rhythm and motion as well as pattern and design by working with line. The method I used was "repousse."

True repousse uses square or round-edge tools to press on the back of metal to raise a design on the front. Then, to further embellish this metal design, the metal is turned right-side up and its surface is worked with narrow tools. This is called "chasing."

To pique my students' interest, I showed slides of metal-crafted objects constructed by artisans since ancient ...

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