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Finally something to report
2007-07-04 12:54 pmYesterday, I decided to play with wood and fire. Well, ok, just heat, not actual fire. A bit of pyrography does a girl good!
I found a piece of the wax tablets my father makes that had been ruined by accident, planed it down smooth, then polished it up by hand with fine sand paper. Then I took out the burn-pen and drew out a backgammon board and a checkers board. The checkers side was a bit of a dud as I started off one way, but didn't like it and after two rows of blacking alternate squares I switched to a pattern. End result, it looks a bit lopsided. It will still work as a game board, of course, but it's not as pretty as it could have been.
Does anyone have any research saying what this technique was used for in period, if it was used at all? I mean, I can amuse myself endlessly doing miniature game boards, but if there are other things more suitable to make I wouldn't mind knowing about it. This is not a request for you to hunt down rare and strange books, just if you have something floating about at the top of your head.
I've also started the first few stitches of the blackwork embroidery I promised to make. Not sure if I want to show you photos of that project though. But I did start it!
I found a piece of the wax tablets my father makes that had been ruined by accident, planed it down smooth, then polished it up by hand with fine sand paper. Then I took out the burn-pen and drew out a backgammon board and a checkers board. The checkers side was a bit of a dud as I started off one way, but didn't like it and after two rows of blacking alternate squares I switched to a pattern. End result, it looks a bit lopsided. It will still work as a game board, of course, but it's not as pretty as it could have been.Does anyone have any research saying what this technique was used for in period, if it was used at all? I mean, I can amuse myself endlessly doing miniature game boards, but if there are other things more suitable to make I wouldn't mind knowing about it. This is not a request for you to hunt down rare and strange books, just if you have something floating about at the top of your head.
I've also started the first few stitches of the blackwork embroidery I promised to make. Not sure if I want to show you photos of that project though. But I did start it!
