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Design and Fabrication of a Wall Plaque on Some Landmarks in Ghana


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1 Department of Industrial Art, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
 

Design and fabrication of a wall plaque in a form of a metal piece has been in existence for many years that dates back to around the middle of the 16th century, the era of the evolution of plaques. A plaque is any flat, thin piece of metal or the like, used for ornament, or for depicting or painting pictures upon hung on a wall. This publication seeks to display design and subsequent fabrication of the wall plaque featuring the relief of some major Landmarks in Ghana to help enlighten the public to appreciate all the available tourism landmarks in the Ghana. The technique for fabrication is embossing, chasing and repoussé. The main materials for production is copper and brass which was efficient and effective in the fabrication. The methodology used in collecting data for this research project is Descriptive Research. The main data collection instrument was face-to-face oral interview and recorded all responses personally, a critical observation was also done.


Keywords

Wall Plaque, Chasing, Repousse, Embossing, Patina.
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Nyarko-Appiah Joseph Emmanuel
Department of Industrial Art, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
H. Ofori Dompreh
Department of Industrial Art, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Adu Junior Raphael
Department of Industrial Art, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Appiah Emmanuel Marfo
Department of Industrial Art, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Abstract


Design and fabrication of a wall plaque in a form of a metal piece has been in existence for many years that dates back to around the middle of the 16th century, the era of the evolution of plaques. A plaque is any flat, thin piece of metal or the like, used for ornament, or for depicting or painting pictures upon hung on a wall. This publication seeks to display design and subsequent fabrication of the wall plaque featuring the relief of some major Landmarks in Ghana to help enlighten the public to appreciate all the available tourism landmarks in the Ghana. The technique for fabrication is embossing, chasing and repoussé. The main materials for production is copper and brass which was efficient and effective in the fabrication. The methodology used in collecting data for this research project is Descriptive Research. The main data collection instrument was face-to-face oral interview and recorded all responses personally, a critical observation was also done.


Keywords


Wall Plaque, Chasing, Repousse, Embossing, Patina.