Medieval Artisan Program of Study (MAPS) for Metal

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edieval Artisan Program of Study for Metal

The Craft of Metal Working covers the preparation of Metal from Ores to the Finished Product.

We have organized the skills and information about this Craft into a Medieval Artisan Program of Study (MAPS), which includes a set of Skill Definitions, Skill Tests to verify mastery of the Skill, How-To Guides to explain the Skill, Projects the Artisans have done using the Skill, and an Annotated Bibliography relevant to that Skill.

We hope you will enjoy our presentation of this data and find it useful to your own studies. As always, please provide feedback to us about any of these MAPS if you have additional information or see a better way to organize or present it.

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kill Definitions

These are the Skills covered by this Program of Study.

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Description

Temper

Metallurgy

Trist Strip WIre

Make Wire

Twist a long, thin, narrow metal strip into a wire shape.

Weld

Fuse

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Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts

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This school is located in eastern Tennessee in the US. It provides weekend and week-long training classes in aspects of all the crafts on this site over the course of a year. It has a very good craft library and bookstore that also sells tools and materials needed for the classes.

nnotated Bibliography

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Benjamin, Susan, Enamels, 1983

Yes

Cockrell, Dorothy, Beginner's Guide to Enamelling, 2007

Yes

Codina, Carles, Goldsmithing & Silver Work: Jewelry, Vessels & Ornaments, 2003

Yes

Crowe, Charles Philip, Forge Craft, 2000

1913

Yes

This is a basic manual of instruction for forgecraft. It covers working at the forge, tools, shaping the metal into a variety of forms, annealing, carbonizing, etc.

Darty, Linda, The Art of Enameling: Techniques, Projects, Inspiration, 2006

Yes

Finegold, Rupert, Seitz, William, Silversmithing, 1983

Yes

Gingery, David and Vince, Dave Gingery's Green-Sand Casting Techniques, 2008

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Gingery, David J., The Charcoal Foundry, 2000

Yes

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This is part one of a seven book series called "Build Your Own Metal Working Shop From Scrap". It provides clear, detailed,instructions on building an inexpensive forge for melting metal and for doing sand casting.

Gingery, Vince, Making Crucibles, 2003

Yes

This book covers making crucibles for metal casting. Crucibles are fairly expensive and this provides an inexpensive way to make crucibles.

Gollberg, Joanna, The Art & Craft of Making Jewelry, 2006

Yes