Little illumination

Egg tempera and water colors on parchment.

Copy from

Gualenghi-d'Este Hours, Getty Museum

Taddeo Crivelli, illuminator; Guglielmo Giraldi, illuminator. 
Italian, Ferrara, about 1469 

Oil on wood

Copy from Gillis van Hulsdonck “Still life” XVII century 

oil on wood cm. 12,5x10,5, frame silver leaf, false marble cm. 22,5x24,5 

Copia da Gillis van Hulsdonck “Natura morta” XVII secolo olio su tavola cm.10,5x12,5, cornice foglia argento decorazione finto marmo cm. 22,5x24,5

Petit Palais Museum Avignon

Bulinatura and graffito

Bulinatura on gold leaf

Pastiglia decoration

Bulinatura on gold leaf

Bulinatura on gold leaf

Bulinatura on gold leaf

Details of the gilding on the paintings conserved in the museum of Petit Palais in Avignon: techniques of bulinatura, pastiglia and graffito on gold leaf.

Below are some examples in my copies of these techniques.

Bulini made ​​for me by a Florentine craftsman used to decorate the aureoles of the saints.

Graffito on gold leaf in my copy of Crivelli

Frame decorated in pastiglia in my copy of Crivelli

New display for illuminations

Cathedral Saint André Bordeaux

Tour Pey-Berland

traces of frescoes and a strip that shows the stone before cleaning?!

Chapel with neogothic decorations

Artemisia a Carcassonne

The first images of the medieval festival we participated the August 4 and 5 in the castle of Carcassonne. The location was absolutely amazing and the night of Friday when we mounted our tent seemed to be really in a medieval encampment. You can see that despite the heat the knights go around all dressed up ready for the fight of the afternoon. In the last photo Checco and Tetsuo with the arms of Sardinia.

Le prime immagini del festival medievale a cui abbiamo partecipato il 4 e 5 agosto nel castello di Carcassonne. La location era assolutamente incredibile e la notte di venerdi mentre montavamo la nostra tenda sembrava di essere veramente in un accampamento medievale. Potete vedere che nonostante il caldo i cavalieri andavano in giro vestiti di tutto punto pronti per i combattimenti del pomeriggio. Nell' ultima foto Checco e Tetsuo con lo stemma della Sardegna.

Preparations for Carcassonne

We are finally ready to leave for Carcassonne, last night I prepared the pigments for the frescoes and everything is now charged into the van and also Tetsuo made ​​his costume fitting.

Siamo pronti per partire per Carcassonne, ieri notte ho preparato i pigmenti per l'affresco  e ora tutto è caricato sul furgone; e anche Tetsuo ha fatto la sua prova costume.