On Jun 22, 2006, at 12:16 PM, Bjarne og Leif Drews wrote:
Hi,
In recreating materials found in 18th century embroidery, i thoaght i
might could use this for shaped spangels or Paillons as they were
called. These were cut from silver plates, and often vernished in
different shining collours. I would like to try it. Does any of you
know this material? Is it hard to cut out, can you use an ordinary
scissors? I am in need of some cut like a flower with 5 leaves.
Also how would you make the holes for sewing?
I am making silver embroidery, but i am not sattisfied with those
flowers i use as a substitute for Paillons, they are two dimentional,
should be more flat.
Greatly apreciate if any of you have tryed it!
I don't remember if my friend Chris is on this list -- she would give a
better answer than me on her experiments with these. She has been
having some success making paillons (or "bezants" under one of the
medieval names) out of thin metal sheets sold for craft purposes. To
make the shape, she uses stamps sold for stamping leather, which come
in a lot of the same types of shapes that were used historically for
these. You place the metal sheet on a surface that is stiff but will
"give" a little. A thick piece of leather works very well. Then stamp
the shapes using the stamps and a hammer. After that you can cut them
out of the sheet using ordinary scissors (but don't use scissors you
ever plan to use for fabric again!) and punch holes for sewing using a
heavy needle or a small awl, again using the leather as a backing. It
seems to work best if you stamp all the shapes on the metal sheet first
and then cut them all out at the same time. Chris has been working
mostly with brass but I think the same technique would work with silver
(if you want to spend the money!) or with silver-plated brass or
copper.
Heather
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