A special treat for many of the members was a hands-on session with artist/art teacher Patricia Clark. She demonstrated the technique used in copper tooling, and then gave members a piece of copper ...

Not long after humankind mastered the art of refining metals such as copper, bronze and tin, they invented metal tooling to bring beauty into their world. Artisans learned to create exquisite designs ...

Copper-tooling is the art of embossing patterns or pictures on sheets of metal. This art form, also known as Repoussage, is done by hand. Damayanthi Kottegoda and S. Ratnagopal and their pupils – ...