Sand Art Crafts

Art technique using a stick and sheet of copper?

I remember a project I did in middle school I liked where we drew a picture with a background and some object or animal in the foregroud, then transfered it somehow to a thin sheet of copper or brass (but not foil) and then used a short, blunted stick (peg?) to rub the back which raised the pattern on the front of it. I think we used sand paper or steel wool to rub the front afterward to shade/lighten the picture. Do you know what this technique is called and what details I might be missing to start this project on my own?

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1. Here's a link to the whole article http://www.gustavstickley.com/tooledcopperart/about.htm and this is the basic jist of it. The technique used to create his art is a form of copper repousee. Self taught, his designs are drawn by hand from the back of the copper with a pointed stylus. No molds or stamps are used. The metal is turned over and paint is laid within the resulting raised lines. The remaining copper surface is oxidized and then lacquered. The finished art is mounted on a sand colored board, matted and framed under glass in a quartered oak mission style frame. An accomplished woodworker, he also makes his own framing. He takes great pride in the fact that his art is true to the Arts and Crafts ideal being totally handcrafted by the hand of the artist. Basically tooling copper. Using various tools and textures to create a work of art from sheet copper. I remember doing this stuff when I was a kid...kinda fun actually.