Author : Harry B. Hollander
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Plastics for Artists and Craftsmen by : Harry B. Hollander
Download or read book Plastics for Artists and Craftsmen written by Harry B. Hollander and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating guide provides a practical introduction to the newest, most innovative art and craft medium--plastics. The author is leading industrial chemist and technical advisor to artists, designers, craftsmen, and architects. This volume combines his 25 years' experience in plastics research and development with years of lecturing and conducting plastics workshops in art schools, craft centers, and college and university art departments in the United States and Canada. Plastics for Artists and Craftsmen presents a series of projects in polyester resins, epoxy resins, silicones, and polyurethanes. Specific formulas are given for specific purposes, and the reader is shown, step-by-step, hot to mix, prepare, and use a wide variety of plastics systems. The projects cover such subjects as internally decorated panels, murals, cast reliefs and sculptures, non-glare coatings, painting and dyeing with plastics, epoxy "enameling" and jewelry, "stained-glass" windows, collages, and assemblages, making silicone rubber molds, sculpting and painting on expanded polystyrene, plus much more. An extensive appendix includes chapters on color pastes and dyestuffs for plastics and fire and health problems. A chapter on innovative new products explores many of the newest breakthroughs on the plastics market, including new "odorless" polyester resin developed by the author; and a list of suppliers and manufacturers gives a run-down of the biggest suppliers and major manufacturers--what they manufacture, and their addresses. There is also an glossary of terms and products and an extensive index. Over 260 black and white photographs illustrate the author's instructions, showing how to mix, how to pour, and how to make molds and casts. These photographs also include an exciting gallery of work by noted artists and craftsmen. Eighteen full color reproductions what can be done with color in plastics."--Provided by publisher