repoussé

Examples of repoussé in the following topics:

• Metalwork

  • Repoussé is a metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is ornamented or shaped by hammering from the reverse side to create a design in low relief .
  • Chasing is the opposite technique to repoussé, and the two are used in conjunction to create a finished piece.
  • While repoussé is used to work on the reverse of the metal to form a raised design on the front, chasing is used to refine the design on the front of the work by sinking the metal.
  • There are different metals you can use for chasing and repoussé work, such as drawn steel, silicon bronze, copper, gold, silver and pewter.
  • The Great Dish is an example of Repoussé, in which malleable metal is ornamented or shaped by hammering from the reverse side to create a design in low relief.

• Carolingian Metalwork in the Early European Middle Ages

  • All three of these works feature fine relief figures in repoussé gold.
  • The altar's four sides are decorated with images in gold and silver repoussé, framed by borders of filigree, precious stones, and enamel.

• The Etruscan Culture

  • Artists who worked with metal were extremely talented and developed unique skills and specialized techniques, including granulation and repoussé.
  • A gold reel, possibly an earring stud, from the early fourth century BCE represents the combination of both the hammered relief of repoussé as well as the careful and precise fusing of tiny gold granules .
  • Another earring from the Archaic period combines repoussé and granulation with glass beads and intricate, patterned designs.

• Mycenaean Metallurgy

  • Repoussé death masks were found in many of the tombs.
  • These include a rhyton in the shape of a bull's head, with golden horns and a decorative, stylized gold flower, made from silver repoussé.

• Woodlands in the East

  • Three examples of Mississippian culture avian themed repoussé copper plates.