Wax Craft, All About Beeswax; Its History, Production, Adulteration, And Commercial Value (Paperback)

CONTENTS . WAX FRUIT . Making Moulds of Two Parts. . . . . . . . Mould for an Orange. . . . . . . . . . Moulds for Lemons. Citrons. Limes. Melons. Capsicums. C., . Moulds for Plums. Apples. Pears. Cherries. Closed Peas. C., Moulds of Peaches. Apricots. Filberts. Walnuts. Almonds. C., Moulds for Half Fruit. . . . . . Rioulds of Many Parts. . . . . . . . . . Moulds of the Pomegranate and Medlar. . . . . . Mould of a Cucumber and an Egg. . . . . . . Mould of a Mulberry. Raspberry. C.. . . . . . Pine Apple. . . . . . . . . . . . . Section of Fruit. . . . . . . . . . . Moulcis of Small Fruit. . . . . . . . . . Grapes. Currants. . . . . . . . . . Other Objects. . . . . . . . . . . . CASTING THE FRUIT . Casting an Orange. . . . . . . . . . 31 Casting other Fruit. . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Stalks. . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Solid Fruit. . . . . . . . . . . . 34 FINISHING THE FRUIT . To Prepare the Fruit previous to Coloring. . . . . 36 Coloring Sections of Fruit. . . . 38 Putting on a Rosy Tint. . . . . . . . . 40 Putting on Streaks. Specks. and Irregular Patches. . . . 40 TO put a Downiness or Powdering upon Fruit. . . . . 42 Varnishing a Fruit. . . . . . . . . . 43 CONTENTS . SMALL CLUSTERED FRUITS . . m . Not made by Casting nor in Wax. . . 45 To make Dark Grapes. . To make White Grapes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 57 To make Currants. . . . . . . . . . 47 General Observations on Casting Wax. . . . . I . . 48 Elastic RIoulds. . . . . . . . . . . 49 To Obtain and Prepare Wax. . . . . . . . . 51 To Whiten Wax. . . . . . . . . . . 52 To Clean a Brush. . . . . . . . . . . 5 2 To Remove Wax from a Dress. . . . . . . . 53 WAX FLOWERS . Articles and Materials required. . . . Making Sheets ofWax. . . . . White. . Yellow. . . . . . . . Pinks and Reds. . . . . . . . Blues. . . . . . . . . Greens. . . . . . . . . Colors required. . . . . . . White and Green Down. . . . . Brushes. . . . . . . . Patterns and Shapes. . . . . . Stamens and Pointal. . . . . . To make Waxen Leaves. . . . . To make Succulent Stems. Buds. C., . MODELLiNG SIMPLE FLOWERS. . 69 SINGLE AND SIMPLE FLOWERS . The Snowdrop. Crocus. Primrose. and Violet. . . . . 72 The Crocus Tribe. . . . . . . . . . 76 Crocus Sativus. . . . . . . . . . . 78 The Snowdrop. . . . . 79 The Violet. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 0 The Heartsease. . . . . . . . . . . 82 The Tulip. Hyacinth. and Narcissus. . . . 83 The Van Trol. or Sweet-scented Early Spring Tulip. . 84 The Hyacinth. . . . . . . . . . . 8 5 The Narcissus. . . . . . . . . . . 88 The Pink. Jessamine. Daisy. Forget. me. not. Coreopsis. C.. . 93 CONTENTS . 5 The Single P . . . . . . . . . . . 94 The Double . k . . . . . . . . . 95 Clove and Canation. . . . . . . . . . . 95 The Jasmine. . . . . 96 The Daisy. . . . . . . . . . . g7 The Forget. ve. not. . . . . . . . . 98 The Coreopsis. . . . 98 The Cyclamen. . . . . l . . . . . . 99 Other Simple Flowers. . . . . . 100 The Laburnum. . . . . . . . . 101 The Convolvulus . . . . . . . . 101 The Fuchsia. . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Engraving of a large Fuchsia. . l05 Various Parts of the Fuchsia of the Natural Size. . 106 Bell Flowers. . . . . . . . . . . 107 The Tobacco. . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Honeysuckle. . . . . . . . . . . 107 The Poppy. . . . . . . . . . . . 107 The Passion Flower. . . . . . . . . . 108 The Single Rose. . . . . . . . . . . 110 The Chrysanthemum. China Aster. and other Quilled Flowers. 110 The Lily of theValley. . . . . . . . . 112 MODELLING OF DOUBLE FLOWERS. . . 114 HERE are no imitations of natural objects more exact and pleasing than those made of wax, more especially the representations of Fruit and Flowers...

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Imprint:	Read Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2008
First published:	February 2008
Authors:	Thomas William Cowan
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-1-4086-5171-1
Categories:	Books > Health, Home & Family > Handicrafts > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4086-5171-8
Barcode:	9781408651711

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