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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 705095, member: 55"]Could be shop class; but in the 50s, early 60s, there were kits which were quite popular. They contained a thin copper sheet, a wooden stylus, and most importantly, a plastic backing sheet with the design. You just pressed the copper into the plastic, framed it, and had an "original" work of art. Most were framed with the plastic backing for reinforcement, so if the frame were removed, the backing plastic would still be present.</p><p>I suspect most copper art found today, from that era, was made from one of those kits, not done free-hand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 705095, member: 55"]Could be shop class; but in the 50s, early 60s, there were kits which were quite popular. They contained a thin copper sheet, a wooden stylus, and most importantly, a plastic backing sheet with the design. You just pressed the copper into the plastic, framed it, and had an "original" work of art. Most were framed with the plastic backing for reinforcement, so if the frame were removed, the backing plastic would still be present. I suspect most copper art found today, from that era, was made from one of those kits, not done free-hand.[/QUOTE]
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