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The design is produced as an original pencil sketch |
A brass plate is etched and then used to print a plain
picture. (This is how the Victorian "penny plain"
pictures were produced.) |
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The picture is then hand painted using the traditional
colours hand made to an original recipé. (This is how the
Victorian "twopenny coloured" pictures were produced.) |
Those areas that are to be replaced with materials are
cut out - as shown by the black areas here. |
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An example with material added but no foil yet. |
Any tinsel (foil) additions require to
be made individually and added to the picture. This process is
explained below. |
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This is a copper plate etched to such a depth that it can be used as
a die for foil pieces ( this shws about 2/3 of those required for the Pirate
picture)
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This indicates the size of the foil pieces alongside the plate used
to produce them. (helmet parts, leg armour and shield are shown)
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This illustrates a part finished Pirate picture before any foil is
added.
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This illustrates a part finished Pirate picture with some foil added
(buckle, gun, sword and some braiding.
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This shows a close up of a dragon with scales. Various sizes
of circles are cut in foils from a range of colours. These are
then added to the picture taking account of size and colour graduation.
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Viewing the full picture gives an indication of the small size of
individual pieces of foil added.
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