- mouldings and ornaments
- exquisite patinas
- a mouldmaking service
- painted copies and originals
- beautifully sculpted frames
- and rather a lot more….
- mouldings and ornaments
- exquisite patinas
- a mouldmaking service
- painted copies and originals
- beautifully sculpted frames
- and rather a lot more….
- introduce a camera inbetween the two ceilings and photograph the whole of the hidden ceiling
- make a drawing from the montaged photographs with a few adaptations for a replica in a slightly differently shaped location from the original
- realise the copy of the ceiling in the new location in hide glue and pigment
The Hidden Ceiling And The New Design
The Evolution Of The Ceiling Process
The Hidden Ceiling And The New Design
The Evolution Of The Ceiling Process
To be able to copy the painting we had to introduce a digital camera between the two ceilings and the little by little slide it down between the beams, taking a photograph
approximately every 50 cms. This was done between each set of beams of the ceiling, and the image of the ceiling was reconstituted in this manner.
From the photographs a drawing of the original ceiling was made, but with a few adpatations for the new site where we were to realise the replica ceiling.
The composition of the painting stays as faithful to the original as possible, though slight changes had to be made to accommodate the dimensions of the new site.
Sections of the original painting that have been lost were created to complete the ceiling.
A hide glue medium was used in executing the ceiling. It is a combination of hide glue and water, which when heated, is mixed with dry pigments.