Spring HMM
For Macro Monday theme 'Glaze'. A small portion of a Russian glazed/lacquered box. It's titled 'Spring' and the artist is Smirnova. The box is made of papier-mâché-mache. Several layers of pasted cardboard are boiled in linseed oil and repeatedly dried in a hot oven. This is as hard as wood, light and waterproof. It can be sawed, polished, primed and lacquered. It was made in the Russian school/village Fedoskino, which is the oldest Russian centre for lacquered miniature paintings. www.artrusse.ca/fedoskino_en.htm
Spring HMM
For Macro Monday theme 'Glaze'. A small portion of a Russian glazed/lacquered box. It's titled 'Spring' and the artist is Smirnova. The box is made of papier-mâché-mache. Several layers of pasted cardboard are boiled in linseed oil and repeatedly dried in a hot oven. This is as hard as wood, light and waterproof. It can be sawed, polished, primed and lacquered. It was made in the Russian school/village Fedoskino, which is the oldest Russian centre for lacquered miniature paintings. www.artrusse.ca/fedoskino_en.htm