Helm Crests
An exploration of making functional crests and their use in the fifteenth century.
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Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Leather Helm Crest: Part 12 Applying Gesso grosso
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Here is what Cennini suggests you do to apply gesso to the leather structure. 1. size it two or three times Done. 2. mix gesso grosso ...
Saturday, 12 October 2013
Leather helm crest: Part 7 Preparing gesso sottile...still
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The plaster is soaking to saturate it, making gesso sottile. You can see that the plaster and water have separated. It will be ready in a ...
Monday, 30 September 2013
Leather helm crest: Part 6 Preparing gesso sottile
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About a week ago, I started to saturate some plaster of Paris to make gesso sottile. This is the second layer of gesso that Cennino Cenni...
Friday, 16 August 2013
Gesso from calcium carbonate vs gesso from calcium sulphate
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In my last post, I briefly outlined what gesso was. I am still looking into how it came to be used and why type was chosen over the other. I...
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