ANST - Enamelling experience sought

Mark.S Harris rsve60 at email.sps.mot.com
Fri May 29 08:42:26 PDT 1998


jhartel wrote:
> 
> here is a partial note from a lady in Ealdormere.  Stephen could you, or
> anyone else, post info pertaining to enameling?  I'll send it onto her.
> 
> Thanks,
> Moriel***
> 
> re: enameling:
> > I got a modern 'how-to' book from the library, so I now have a
> > general idea of how it's done.  Can anyone offer me refs. for period
> > info. on enamelling, or details about the process?
> >
> > Genevieve F.
> > Caldrithig, Skraeling Althing
> > Ealdormere

I'm not sure if I'm the Stefan you meant, but there is a little info in
this file in the CRAFTS section of my Florilegium:

enameling-msg     (12K) 12/ 2/97    Enameling techniques.

There is a little commentary on Cellini's comments on enamelling in period
and several modern referances are given including Thompson's which is
apparently the premier modern supplier. I believe reprints of Cellini's
works are available from Dover. <dig, dig, dig> Yes, the following is 
excerpted from my painting-msg file:

---------
	Dover still publishes a translation of Theophilus "On Diverse
Arts"  (12th c. text on stained glass, metal working, and other things)
and Cellini's "A Craftsman's Handbook" which is a translation of Cellini's
"Il Libro del Arte". Of the two, Cellini is more valuable since he tells
you how to make brushes and pigments from scratch, as well as touching on
metalwork and sculpting.
--------

My files can be found at:
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/rialto/rialto.html

Stefan li Rous
stefan at texas.net
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