Livelet: Franco the Metal Founder by sandra46

Photography • Historical • posted on Jan 20, 2013

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The early Bronze Age metal worker developed his skill in casting tools and weapons using both clay and stone moulds to manufacture copper and bronze artefacts. Here you can see Franco running a workshop with a demo at a primitive Bronze Age foundry, dedicated to reproducing tools, weapons and artefacts from the Bronze Age at the Livelet archaeopark. In the next posts I'll show you details of the process. Those interested in reading more about it can go here: http://mygeologypage.ucdavis.edu/cowen/~GEL115/115CH4.html http://www.angelfire.com/me/ik/picsbt.html http://www.templeresearch.eclipse.co.uk/bronze/intro.htm Thanks for your kind comments.

Comments (46)

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anmes

10:36AM | Sun, 20 January 2013

Interesting Sanmdra..I'll follow some of the links

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virginiese

10:38AM | Sun, 20 January 2013

It looks like you had a great time there. Thanks for sharing your explanations and pictures !

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Jean_C

10:57AM | Sun, 20 January 2013

Beautiful and interesting image! The details of the process will interest me!

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Minda

11:07AM | Sun, 20 January 2013

This is Very interesting sandra,Thanks for sharing.

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renecyberdoc

11:07AM | Sun, 20 January 2013

we start becoming friends with franco.very nice series.

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durleybeachbum

11:15AM | Sun, 20 January 2013

Fascinating!

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Radar_rad-dude

11:30AM | Sun, 20 January 2013

A most interesting process and wonderful photo, Sandra!

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claude19

11:32AM | Sun, 20 January 2013

excellent report about a metal founder and his Art !!!

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Leije

11:50AM | Sun, 20 January 2013

Very interesting capture and infos about his work !

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brycek

11:53AM | Sun, 20 January 2013

Very interesting..nice capture!!

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eekdog

12:03PM | Sun, 20 January 2013

i appreciate you doing these Sandra, educational and very interesting.

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magnus073

12:12PM | Sun, 20 January 2013

Sandra, you have no idea how delighted I am to see you continuing this series. Franco Is a true master of this lost art form, and I am eager to learn more about him and his art. I know a little bit about injection molding and casting, so seeing these molds is truly exciting for me. I hope the people in attendance realize just how lucky they are to be able to see this demonstration firsthand. I can't wait to check out the links you provided

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ragouc

12:29PM | Sun, 20 January 2013

Interesting.

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drifterlee

1:24PM | Sun, 20 January 2013

Really nice shot, Sandra!!!

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mgtcs

1:49PM | Sun, 20 January 2013

Amazing capture Sandra, spectacular lighting, so vivid! Well done!

bebert

2:11PM | Sun, 20 January 2013

une aventure intéressante !!

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miwi

3:13PM | Sun, 20 January 2013

Great shot!!!!!

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jayfar

3:26PM | Sun, 20 January 2013

A great shot and very interesting Sandra.

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Faemike55

3:42PM | Sun, 20 January 2013

Wonderful capture Looking forward to the next set of photos

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Darkwish

5:28PM | Sun, 20 January 2013

Great shot! Very well done!

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jeroni

5:47PM | Sun, 20 January 2013

Fantastic light and mood. Superb shot

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Isabelle711

7:13PM | Sun, 20 January 2013

This is really interesting. :))))) I will check out some of these links. :)))))) Franco is doing an amazing job showing all of us how to use the tools. :)))))) Most excellent capture my friend. :)))) Thank you for sharing all of the beauty you see. :)))) Carry A Warm Smile In Your Heart :)))))

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JuliSonne

12:00AM | Mon, 21 January 2013

A interesting serie. Cool pigs. GREAT, Sandra!

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lyron

1:16AM | Mon, 21 January 2013

Cool image!!

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wysiwig

1:24AM | Mon, 21 January 2013

This is fascinating but I wonder how they thought to melt metal to make tools. Who was the first one to think of that? I'm thinking Franco should be wearing animal skins for the full effect.

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