In the video a craftsman show how it's made the traditional roma handcrafted aluminium pot (ceaun).
First the metal is melting then he fill a empty form (the mold) with sand and press it. He take the molten material out of the oven and he pour in to mold. He put hot charcoals all around the mold. After some time raise the pot from the pattern and polishing it, wash it and decorate it.
Roma handcrafted aluminium pots has more than two hundred years has been passed down from generation to generation
Title: Handcrafted aluminium pot - traditional metal melting technique
Category: Metal and ironwork
Country: Romania/Muntenia
Period: XX Century
Provided by: Edunet
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbL8W9hJgnY
Photo Gallery: https://issuu.com/romanobutiq/docs/romano_butiq_a_study_of_r...
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In the video a craftsman show how it's made the traditional roma handcrafted aluminium pot (ceaun).
First the metal is melting then he fill a empty form (the mold) with sand and press it. He take the molten material out of the oven and he pour in to mold. He put hot charcoals all around the mold. After some time raise the pot from the pattern and polishing it, wash it and decorate it.
Roma handcrafted aluminium pots has more than two hundred years has been passed down from generation to generation
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