Lots of great information about torcs and their making to be found at this website:
https://bigbookoftorcs.com/
You can find links to open access papers about torcs and lots of shorter articles.
Reason for posting is that Ford Hallam, one of the goldsmiths involved in the project sadly passed away a couple days ago and I happened to see this tribute page to him:
https://bigbookoftorcs.com/2024/08/11/f ... l-tribute/
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The Big Book of Torcs (website)
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