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Introduces useful tools and techniques, discusses kits, plans, and work areas, and covers painting, glues, hull construction, decks, masts, rigging, fittings, sails, and metal parts.
This work is an exposition of McCaffery's techniques for making miniature ship models, developed over 20 years. It provides ideas for methods of research and step-by-step instructions for construction and display. Construction techniques and methods of conservation are outlined in detail.
In Remaking the World, James Roy King weaves together strands of thought creating a tapestry that mirrors John Dewey's pragmatism of sufficiencies. King uses the concept of activity sets - relatively stable combinations of activities that characterize every large-scale human enterprise - to explain how modeling can help people make sense of the world around them.
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Nous découvrons dans ce beau livre l'histoire et les exploits de la miniaturisation. L'ouvrage contient une centaine d'illustrations : objets d'art, modèles réduits, maquettes de travail, objets technologiques. Cette plongée dans le monde miniature nous porte à réfléchir sur notre perception de l'univers et sur la place que nous y occupons.
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