Instead of scissors, you could maybe try using tin snips. They can cut pretty thick metal, so it might be easier on your hands to use those.
Natalie ----- Original Message ----- From: Bjarne og Leif Drews To: Historical Costume Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 9:47 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] silver foil tape for Paillons? 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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "heather jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > -- > !! Computer crash lost recent e-mail -- please contact if I owe you mail > !! > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > heatherrosejones.com > lj:hrj > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
