FORGING ON COPPER BETWEEN CRAFT AND CREATIVITY

Document Type : Original Article

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Department of Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Arts in Luxor - South Valley University, Egypt

Abstract

Minerals are one of the most abundant elements in nature, and they have a strong and distinctive presence and influence in human civilization, as they have contributed, with their multiple capabilities, to achieving many achievements, starting from simple metal tools to powerful compounds. The discovery of minerals is a revolution in the history of the development of human thought, as it moved from the era of stone use to the era of metal use and the subsequent discovery of its strength and uniqueness, and one of the most important minerals that had a great impact on industrial development is copper metal, which was used in the past in the manufacture of weapons and tools.

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