Hi Heather,
Thanks for your valuable informations. I went to a craftstore, after work
today, and found stainless steel plates. They are just the thickness i want.
I just cut out a flower with my scissors, worked ok, but it is a little
difficult. Then i hammered holes with a nail and hammer, worked fine two.
Its very difficult to draw the shape to the steel because it goes away when
i touch with my fingers, but i thoaght about tracing the flower to painting
tape, wich i then will take over the steel, and then cut out. Then remove
the tape after.
I can imagine it is better to stamp out the shapes, but i want a particular
shape, because i want the same as an embroidered suit has, guess my skills
will improve with the numbers i make.
Thanks a lot for your help Heather...........
Bjarne
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From: "heather jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 5:29 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] silver foil tape for Paillons?
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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