[Artemisia] Artisans and the use of "good" materials (long)

[LadyPDC at aol.com]

However, you CAN use the yolks and a bit of saffron and a few other  
ingredients to create some marvelous "endoring" for food products.  There  is 
little more impressive than a true "golden goose" and it really is fun to rub  
the glaze over the outer goose prior to cooking (even for kids as long as you 
 impress upon them the need to wash those little fingers both before and 
after  and keep them out of the mouth in between)  Of course, you can "paint" 
the  endoring on with a brush, but the finger tip method really does get it 
on more  completely and more smoothly.
 
Just a reminder that the "arts" often cross lines from one area to another  
with similar results and with similar needs for the use of period "parts" 
to  really recreate the same effect.  Sometimes, no I would even say often, 
the  use of a more period and sometimes more expensive part pays you back 
tenfold in  the end result.  And, being something of a general "stuff" laurel 
(one who  dabbled and still does dabble in many different areas) I can tell 
you all that  this truism does cross every line.  You can make a satisfactory 
recreation  with lesser goods and sometimes you can bring time in on your 
side to make up  for the lack in "ingredients" but the better the goods, the 
better the end  product.  
 
If you are just "practicing" then by all means use the lesser goods.   But, 
if you are shooting for something you can take pride in both immediately  
and years from now, or if you project is something that will take you massive 
 amounts of time to create, then either wait a bit until you can use the 
best  parts available, research to see if there are alternatives used in 
period that  will give you the same results for a lesser investment (in time or 
money), or  put out the word that you are working on "X project" and would 
really like some  assistance and advice.  You would be amazed at how many of 
us are just  waiting for you to express an interest in our area and, if you 
show a true  interest, how many of us are also willing to share some of our 
own "supplies" in  the interest of getting the beginners and interested 
intermediates started out  well.
 
Ok  I rambled again but I do tend to get passionate in this area,  mostly 
from years of experience of using lesser goods and then wishing I had  used 
better when I could see how the project could/would have looked if I hadn't  
been either overeager or too darned stubborn to ask for help.  Learn from  
my experience and open yourself to the possibilities of enriching both your 
art  and your life with materials and a wider circle of "teachers"
 
:::::tossing the soapbox back towards Tangle - I think she was the last one 
 to slide it across the floor and that is how it ended up under my  
feet::::::::     
 
Debbie

_"Always listen to the  experts. They'll tell you what can't be done and 
why. Then go ahead and do  it."_ 
(http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/1951.html) 
- Robert Heinlein -  

 
In a message dated 11/19/2009 11:45:18 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
carynvnk at comcast.net writes:

Greetings everyone:
Lady Aurora asked with trepidation:
Most  important: How can I teach grade-schoolers to blend tempera paints 
from
the  raw materials without getting caught in the middle of a gooey egg  
fight?
:P

And Caryn replies:  Use gum arabic.

Or make  glair from the egg whites (egg yolks don't do well in manuscript
painting)  and they cease to resemble eggs at all. You have to do this 
anyway
before  you can use them for binder.

Stickily  yours,
Caryn

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