metalwork
Americannoun
noun
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the craft of working in metal
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work in metal or articles made from metal
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Self-proclaimed as “the most comprehensive Etruscan exhibition ever staged outside of Italy,” the exhibition showcases about 175 items, from intricate metalwork to lustrous pottery to a remnant of Europe’s oldest extant book.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
The human body is everywhere in painting, sculpture, tapestries and photography, implicit in the metalwork of jewelry and armor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
The group includes his niece, artist Hannah Peck, 27; woodworker and designer Jessie Blackman, 27; Ethan Casselbery, 28, who has experience in sculpture fabrication and metalwork joinery; and Jordan Kennedy, 36.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
For those unfamiliar, castlecore is a sort of Romantic medievalism marked by sumptuous wealth—think windswept fens, lots of metalwork, richly colored fabrics, and stone keeps haunted by desperate lovers.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2025
Alex felt the metalwork collapsing all around him.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
In the background was a tall industrial building with its windows shattered and roof missing, identified by the broadcaster as the Iliich metalworks.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2022
After World War II, “guest workers,” mostly from Turkey, were recruited for metalworks and other factories.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2022
In the pre-industrial era, noxious emissions from tanneries, metalworks and dyers were sometimes regulated by ‘nuisance’ laws that tended to prioritize public health over economic development.
From Nature ● Aug. 30, 2020
Within it, however, is the popular National Firearms Museum displaying more than 1,500 rare and historic weapons, many with stocks handsomely carved and metalworks finely engraved, in polished mahogany cases.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 18, 2019
When he was growing up, in the seventies, Dover had a local coal mine, a paper mill, and a metalworks, though the harbor, then as now, was the main source of work.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 23, 2018
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