Chiaroscuro watermark - Graphic Arts. This sheet of handmade paper comes from the Fabriano Paper Mill in Milan.
In regular light, it looks like a blank sheet but when you hold it to the light, the watermark becomes visible. The image, which is a reproduction of Gentile da Fabriano’s “Coronation of the Virgin,” comes from the variations in thinness or thickness in the paper. The watermark begins with the Italian artisan Annarita Librari carving the engraving in wax; a process that may take from five months to a year to complete. Copper dies (positive & negative) are made from the wax sculpture. The dies are pressed into a brass screen, which will form the papermaking mould. We are fortunate to have acquired two examples of Ms. Artscape DIY - Square Feet: The Artist's Guide to Renting and Buying Creative Space. This new edition of “Square Feet” was made possible with the generous assistance of the Ontario Arts Council and Ontario Trillium Foundation.
Click here to download Square Feet: the Artist’s Guide to Renting And Buying Creative Space. License “Square Feet” for YOUR Community Are you interested in adapting “Square Feet” for use in your community? Although Artscape has a Toronto mandate and some information in this manual is Toronto-specific, much of the information is relevant to the needs of artists across Ontario. Artists and arts organisations from communities in the rest of Canada and elsewhere will find much of the general advice and information useful as they plan their space search; however some of the information provided is province or country specific.
10 Crazy and Unusual Book Designs. Vauxhall Gardens. Verses IV and VIII of WILLIAM's SUSAN BALLAD were published with the 1743 engraving, by Fourdrinier, "from the Original painting in Vaux-hall Garden". Originally I thought that the engraving might conceivably have been by a supposedly younger Paul Fourdrinier, born in London after 1720, and died about 1769. He would have been only about 21 or 22 in 1743, and it is now quite clear that there was only one Paul.. [ : Hammelmann & Boase, 1975, give Paul as the first name of father and son, other sources give Pierre. Tessa Murdoch, in the 2004, remarks: "Fourdrinier, Paul (1698-1758), engraver and printseller, was born in Groningen in the Netherlands, the son of Jacques Fourdrinier and his wife, Jeanne Theroude, Huguenot refugees from Dieppe, Normandy.
In the his works and career were assigned to two individuals, Peter and Paul Fourdrinier; Peter is now seen to be a fictitious individual resulting from an accidental misnaming of Paul. "] Perceptions vary. A later issue. Vauxhall Display. A French print of the Water Cascade at Vauxhall Gardens, off the plan below, to the right. Some effort to visualize how the paintings at Vauxhall were displayed might amuse. The comments that on entry to the Gardens there are "a number of pavilions, ornamented with paintings designed by Hayman and Hogarth; and each pavilion has a table that will hold six or eight persons". The manner of ornamentation is assumed to be generally as below. The paintings glimpsed behind the diners are distinctly obscure. The space adjacent to the Rotunda labelled the Picture Room, shown above, was presumably used for regular public shows by the time this plan was produced in 1790. The theme of the Gardens, engendered by Hogarth no doubt, was patently English Life, Leisure, Letters, Painting and Music for All: with Handel qualifying as an honorary Englishman. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
The Vauxhall Sky Garden in London, to Produce Food. EmailEmail With the modern world stretching out vertically, rather than horizontally, it’s also inevitable for our green structures and gardens.
Amin Taha Architects are building gardens in the sky in their new Vauxhall tower, with 25,000 square feet of communal gardens, each three stories in height. The new green structures may not only be a great place for evening walk and social activities, but also our first step towards vertical farming on skyscrapers. Apparently, the one on the top, won’t be just a garden in the concrete jungle that surrounds it, because it may produce food to feed the hungry. Of course, the space also offers a great way to create fresh air and should be a portal for healthy living. The planned tower will stand 130m tall and will feature 178 residential units, as well as office space.