Showing posts with label gesso. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gesso. Show all posts
Wednesday, 27 November 2013

Interesting Cennini references

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http://www.noteaccess.com/Texts/Cennini/index.htm Section one Chapter XVI  "get a leaf of druggists' glue, not fish glue,...
Sunday, 17 November 2013

Leather Helm Crest: Part 8 Tow

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In returning to an old question I had asked about tow, Cennini has the following to say on preparing gesso grosso: 'CLXIX How to Mo...
Wednesday, 13 November 2013

Extant bird crest, sans wings

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The website lists this crest as sold. I have found items on auction websites before, only to lose the information when the next lot is l...
Monday, 11 November 2013

Extant Crest: The Black Prince

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When Edward III died in 1376, several items of heraldic display were arranged adorning his tomb. Among them, is a crest. It is a leather for...
Monday, 21 October 2013

Hide glue how-to

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http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Glues,_adhesives/Wood_glue/Behlen_Ground_Hide_Glue.html?tab=Video Here is a video showing how to make up hide ...
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...

What is Gesso , Ground and Size?

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Reading Cennini's instructions on making gesso left me confused so I went searching. The best results I found were at Qualitative Study ...