Showing posts with label egg and dart. Show all posts
Showing posts with label egg and dart. Show all posts
Friday
Ornament Mould
Here I am making a simple mould to copy an egg and dart moulding. It will be used to decorate a cassetta profile frame.
Tuesday
19th Century Cassetta
A really nice and simple Victorian cassetta frame with tongue and dart inner pattern, little rosettes on the flat, and egg and dart outer. This frame was glazed between slip and frame, that is why the matt gilded slip is in near perfect condition. The frame has been over painted, but it is still a very usable period frame, and a good size at 8" x 10".
Saturday
Parcel gilt cassetta
This cassetta frame sample is another one I made ages ago but never put a photo up of the end result. Made up from three mouldings, the walnut flat section has a heavy dirt patina, and the corner scrolls are intended to look rustic and provincial. The gilding is quite rubbed through with wax and rottenstone finish. I think I may do some more distressing on this sample, really just give it some more authentic dents, scratches and aging effects.
Friday
Samples and mock-ups
These two samples are a little different to the usual handmade frames I make, they are amongst 6 samples I am making up for a very good client. There are no strict design ideas, just a guide, so I can try some new things. The more traditional cassetta frame will be quite conventional, with the outer egg and dart moulding and the inner shaped with shot beading moulding being water gilded and given lot of ageing and antiquing. The walnut flat will be polished and I may add some gilt patterns although I have not quite decided on this yet.
The offset corner frame will have the little rosewood square inlaid in the hole, and some shaped mouldings on the inner and outer edges. The other four samples have not been started yet, and these two may end up looking nothing like my original ideas!
Now for some....gilding
The reproduction neoclassical frame has been water gilded this week. The top photo shows it with the yellow bole base layer, some red bole was put on top of the yellow. Although as is traditional, no red was put in the recesses of the egg and dart as this makes gilding the carved areas much easier.
