Helm Crests
An exploration of making functional crests and their use in the fifteenth century.
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, 27 September 2013
Leather helm crest: Part 5 Cennini's sand
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To attempt Cennini's leather forming method , I have filled the stitched leather structure with wet sand. In the section marked 'C...
Sunday, 22 September 2013
Leather helm crest: Part 4 leather hardening
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http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/a/archers_bracer.aspx This item is made from leather and has been...
Clothing for 1420-1482: clothing hook and eyes - Where are they?
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http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/D/dressfasteners.htm The page above is for a metal finds group in England. What I see on their ...
Leather helm crest: Part 3 leather pattern
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After making the clay badger model for the crest, I let it dry for a day. On the second day the leather was firm enough for me to use some w...
Sunday, 8 September 2013
Leather helm crest: Part 2 clay model
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In order to make a pattern for the leather base, I made a clay model of the crest to pattern from. I made a stand to support the c...
Leather helm crest : Part 1 planning
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In order to make a crest in the manner described by Cenninni, the basic steps are *cut leather into pieces *sew the leather into the basic...
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