Repousse foil cartouche: high school. (Clip Card).Our grade-ten curriculum includes a study of the art of ancient civilizations, including Egypt. A hands-on project linking students to that study seemed an appropriate way to close the unit. A cartouche Cartouche (kärt  sh`), 1693–1721, nickname of Louis Dominique Bourguignon, French highwayman. His band terrorized the Paris area until his capture. He was broken on the wheel. is
the conventional way in which ancient Egyptian writers, artists, and
sculptors indicated that a name was royal; it took the form of an oval
frame around the hieroglyphics of the name, punctuated by a bar at the
end, and could be composed vertically or horizontally.
From a handout of phonetic pho·net·ic adj. 1. Of or relating to phonetics. 2. Representing the sounds of speech with a set of distinct symbols, each designating a single sound. hieroglyphics, each student worked out a composition for his or her own cartouche on newsprint, about 4" (10 cm) wide by the appropriate length. I supplied Bristol board Bristol board n. A smooth, heavy pasteboard of fine quality. [After Bristol, England.] templates for the curved ends and bar. To transfer the design, we taped the design in place on the shiny side of aluminum tooling foil (leaving a margin all around to aid in framing later), and traced the lines of the design with pencil on a pad of 3/8" (.2 cm) thick felt or other surface with "give." We removed the paper, flipped the foil over, and placed it upside down on felt pad. Using rounded ends of clay modeling Clay modeling (or clay model making) for automobile prototypes was first introduced in the 1930s by automobile designer Harley Earl, head of the General Motors styling studio (known initially as the Art and Color Section, and later as the Design and Styling Department). tools, eraser ends of pencils, or other implements, we burnished bur·nish tr.v. bur·nished, bur·nish·ing, bur·nish·es 1. To make smooth or glossy by or as if by rubbing; polish. 2. To rub with a tool that serves especially to smooth or polish. n. or tooled sections of the design intended to project, proceeding gently to keep the raised portions consistent. Mistakes were somewhat "erased" by pressing the bowl of a teaspoon in circular strokes on the projecting side, but it was hard to get a clean finish. We generally needed to outline crisply with tooling from the front the edges of the raised portions. Textures were added only toward the end of work. To finish, we (a) textured the background evenly with a smooth tool or teaspoon; (b) filled the projections from the back with caulking caulk·ing n. A usually impermeable substance used for caulking. Also called caulking compound. Noun 1. caulking - a waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight caulk (Use caulking gun.) and stapled the foil to scrap cardboard or Bristol board backing; (c) sprayed the foil gold (see photo) or antiqued it with India ink (paint on, then rub off with tissue, leaving recesses dark; use damp tissue for a cleaner effect); and (d) cut the mat, and taped or glued it to cardboard backing. ClipCard submitted by Catherine Clugston Blake, an art teacher at Arnprior District High School in Arnprior, Ontario Arnprior (2006 Population 7,158; UA population 9,076) is a town in eastern Renfrew County, in eastern Ontario, Canada at the mouth of the Madawaska River, as it enters the Ottawa River in the Ottawa Valley. As of the 2006 census, it had a population of 7,158 people. , Canada. |
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