In "Brass Echoes: Crafting Legacy in Metal," journey into the world of handcrafted brass, where tradition and artistry intertwine to create objects of enduring beauty and cultural significance. This book explores the rich history, masterful techniques, and deep-rooted heritage of brassworking, revealing its impact on economies, communities, and global trade. Whether you're an artisan, historian, or craft enthusiast, "Brass Echoes" offers a profound look at the craft's past, present, and future, celebrating the timeless legacy of metalwork that resonates across generations.

If you want to step back into time and enjoy life as your ancestors lived, this is the book for you. Read about and see many types of kettles, teakettles, cooking kettles, pots and pans, warming pans, saucepans, coffee pots, stills, butter churns, mugs, ladles, skimmers, measures, funnels, basins, pumps, glue pots, weathercocks—all items made of copper. Then there are brass items: andirons, bells, gun parts, molds for casting pewter, door knockers, skillets, tomahawks, lancets, jagging irons, buttons, sundials, clocks, door locks, and many more. (288pp. illus. hardcover. Masthof Press, 1995.)