[DCRM-L] Fore-edge decoration description

[David Stumpp]

I agree. I think that pochoir and stippling both imply more purposeful attention than what evident here and even a specific pattern. I also agree with John that a brush has been used, although I’ll admit that I would still have erred in the direction of ‘sprinkled’, and heavily so. Imagine taking that brush, laden with paint, and waving it in a small arc at the target. You would end up with a similar stripe, more dense at the center and with sprinkling more evident at the edges.

Dave

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From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On Behalf Of Noble, Richard
Sent: 16 October 2015 17:19
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Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] Fore-edge decoration description

I think pochoir would have rather well defined edges. There's no sign of stencils being used here.

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On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 12:12 PM, Schneider, Nina <nschneider at humnet.ucla.edu<mailto:nschneider at humnet.ucla.edu>> wrote:
Pochoir is what comes to mind...

Nina

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Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] Fore-edge decoration description

I don’t know what the correct term would be, but it looks as if the decorator took a brush fairly well loaded with the paint and tapped it against the edges, with a downward (or upward - but moving perpendicularly to the edges) motion, three or four times for each “stripe”, maybe dragging it a bit to spread the color - the tapping would result in a little spatter - it’s neither sprinkled nor stained, and only partially spattered.  Perhaps an artist would have a more precise or descriptive term for the technique.

John Lancaster


On Oct 15, 2015, at 7:15 PM, Randal S. BRANDT <rbrandt at library.berkeley.edu<mailto:rbrandt at library.berkeley.edu>> wrote:

I'm trying to describe an edge decoration situation I've never seen before. Since a picture is more effective than words, please see some images I posted Flickr:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/7321780@N05/21582825453/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/7321780@N05/22016053948/

Right now, I've got "edges sprinkled [?] in alternating red and green stripes". Can anyone come up with something better? Is there a technical term for this type of decoration?

FYI, the book in question is Gart der Gesundheit (Augsburg : Johann Schönsperger, 1486).

Thanks!
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