Search results for 'parchment size'
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Parchment Clippings
Starting at: £9.90
Parchment Clippings, usually waste goatskin vellum, were utilised throughout the Middle Ages to make an animal hide glue. This continued to be commonly used as a sizing for canvas before rabbit skin glue came to prominence in the nineteenth century. Parchment glue is comparable to isinglass glue, as it also produces a very pale, almost transparent glue with a degree of flexibility. Our parchment clippings are a mixture of vellum scraps, and may include goatskin, calfskin and sheepskin. Cennino Cennini gives a recipe for gesso using parchment in his treatise about painting; please see below for our recipe. Learn More -
Sheepskin Parchment
Starting at: £9.90
Pale, thin and translucent. Only the flesh side can be used. A light dusting of sandarac powder is usually sufficient to prepare the surface for writing.
Please note: This is a natural product that has been finished and cut by hand. As such, there may be slight variations in the surface and size of each piece.
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Slunk
Starting at: £15.90
Skin of young calves. Very fine and translucent. Requires little or no preparation before writing.
Please note: This is a natural product that has been finished and cut by hand. As such, there may be slight variations in the surface and size of each piece.
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Calf Vellum
Starting at: £15.90
Medium to thick. Both sides useable for writing. Whiter and less translucent than parchment.
Please note: This is a natural product that has been finished and cut by hand. As such, there may be slight variations in the surface and size of each piece.
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Goatskin Vellum
Starting at: £9.70
Medium to thick with a shiny surface. Distinctive 'pebbled' appearance makes it slightly more difficult to write on.
Please note: This is a natural product that has been finished and cut by hand. As such, there may be slight variations in the surface and size of each piece.
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Kelmscott
Starting at: £17.00
Specially prepared to give a very smooth surface for painting or calligraphy.
Please note: This is a natural product that has been finished and cut by hand. As such, there may be slight variations in the surface and size of each piece.
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Roberson Ormoline Gilding Medium
Starting at: £9.00
Acrylic size, fluid enough to use with dip pen. Pink colour. For gilding onto paper and parchment. Learn More -
Cornelissen Historical Inks, Virginia Woolf Purple
£6.50This ink is inspired by the distinctive purple ink used by Virginia Woolf for her work and correspondence. Handmade by a master inkmaker, especially for Cornelissen, using a historic recipe based on blackthorn berries. Suitable for fountain pens and work on paper and parchment. Indelible and waterproof over time.
Not suitable for fountain pens. Learn More