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In 1732 just one estate in St. Kitts in the Caribbean, colonized by the British, needed £1000 of copper equipment and, by the mid-18th century, a single plantation worked by 300 people needed five tons of copper vessels, produced by London coppersmiths.
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Corinne Fowler / Made By History, TIME, 17 June 2024
Most of Iraq’s artisan coppersmiths gave up the trade over three decades of sanctions and war.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2023
The violence of the Syrian civil war destroyed Aleppo’s historic Al-Madina Souk and scattered most of the remaining Syrian coppersmiths there.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2023
Yet the significance of this workshop has grown beyond Saudi Arabia in recent years as the traditional Arab centers of coppersmiths have declined.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2023
Like, there’s a subgroup of Romani people who traditionally were coppersmiths.
—The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
The artisans there — including a gold-leaf specialist, coppersmiths and wood carvers — fear that their meticulous work will be destroyed, as has happened in years past.
—Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2023
Balvenie coppersmith Dennis McBain inspired the name of this whisky with his memory of working at the distillery as an apprentice half a century ago when he was asked to flatten a copper dog and leave it so its owner could find it later.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2022
Distiller Shane Fraser is a veteran of Oban and Glenfarclas, and the still equipment is imported from a Scottish coppersmith.
—WSJ, 25 Apr. 2022
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Corinne Fowler / Made By History, TIME, 17 June 2024
Most of Iraq’s artisan coppersmiths gave up the trade over three decades of sanctions and war.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2023
The violence of the Syrian civil war destroyed Aleppo’s historic Al-Madina Souk and scattered most of the remaining Syrian coppersmiths there.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2023
Yet the significance of this workshop has grown beyond Saudi Arabia in recent years as the traditional Arab centers of coppersmiths have declined.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2023
Like, there’s a subgroup of Romani people who traditionally were coppersmiths.
—The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
The artisans there — including a gold-leaf specialist, coppersmiths and wood carvers — fear that their meticulous work will be destroyed, as has happened in years past.
—Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2023
Balvenie coppersmith Dennis McBain inspired the name of this whisky with his memory of working at the distillery as an apprentice half a century ago when he was asked to flatten a copper dog and leave it so its owner could find it later.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2022
Distiller Shane Fraser is a veteran of Oban and Glenfarclas, and the still equipment is imported from a Scottish coppersmith.
—WSJ, 25 Apr. 2022
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“Coppersmith.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coppersmith. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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