How old is foldforming? Consider this… humans b
And foldforming was developed
Timeline of material
29,000–25,000 BC – First p
3rd millennium BC – Cop
vented and copper is use
2nd millennium BC – Bron
and armour
“As amazing as it may seem, nobody ever
worked with metal this way in the morethan-10,000-year history of the craft. Foldforming is truly a new species derived from
two disparate parents: the Japanese art of
origami combined with traditional
techniques of metalsmithing.
Fold-forming has been recognized
internationally as a new approach to
metalsmithing. In 1990, Paul Craddock, the
head of the British Museum Research Lab,
recognized fold-forming as a new
approach to working metals without
precedent. In 1991 Lewton-Brain received
a Rolex Award based on his discovery and
development of fold-forming. “
- Alan Revere
6th century BC – The Hitti
metallurgy
13th century BC – Invent
and charcoal are comb
10th century BC – Glass p
in ancient Near East
1st millennium BC – Pewt
used in China and Egypt
3rd century BC – Wootz s
steel, is invented in ancie
(FROM WIKIPEDIA)
1980’s – Charle
begins to develo