On Dec 20, 9:27*pm, "
wrote:
While cleaning my parents garage, i found some artwork that i remember
seeing in their home in the 1950's.There are two etchings? of horses
on *raised or embossed material which looks like thin aluminum or
bronze material and attached to wood with many small rivets. I was
just curious if anyone was familiar with this technique? It appears
that it is all done by hand as opposed to a template of some type.

Sounds like repouss to me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repouss%C3%A9_and_chasing

Karl