#repoussé

[jadeseadragon]

Bill Reid (Haida-Canadian, 1920 - 1998), Hawk Moon Pendant, ca. 1971, 22kt gold repoussé, abalone, 2¼ × 2 inches. [top]

Rick (Richard) Adkins (Haida-Canadian, b. 1955), Hawk Moon Pendant, cast 22kt gold, abalone, 1" diameter. [bottom]

Rick Adkins studied with Bill Reid in the late 1980s. [Source]

[thatshowthingstarted]

A gold ‘dragon’-handled cup, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368),

The cup has a shallow bowl with rounded sides raised on a gently flared ring foot. The handle is exquisitely executed in repoussé from two gold sheets as a dragon head suspending a loose ring from its clenched jaws.

The cup is chased with a narrow band of foliate scroll below the mouth rim, and the bottom of the interior is chased with three peony blossoms borne on leafy, scrolling stems on a stippled ground within a 'bead' border.

4 3/8 in. (11.2 cm.) wide; weight 72.1 g.

Courtesy: Christie's

[nieuwe-secession]

Repoussé and chasing in brass

[arthistoryanimalia]

It’s #WorldTurtleDay, on a #TurtleTuesday + #TwoForTuesday! Check out this gorgeous pair of nearly 2000-year-old cast gold repoussé turtle earrings:

Pair of Earrings with Tortoises Pakistan, Taxila region (?), 1st-2nd century repoussé and cast gold 2 1/4 x 1/2 x 3/8 in. (5.72 x 1.27 x .95 cm) Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)

[incrediblesphere]

Bali Silver Jewelry: Craft Your Own Style

[estate-sterling]

Direct from Paris, a magnificent 184pc. antique French sterling silver flatware set by renowned French silversmith “Odiot” in their much sought after “Chateaubriant” pattern in excellent condition and includes original custom made, 4-tiered storage chest.  Includes two sets of knives - one set with sterling silver handles and the other set with Mother-or-Pearl handles, two sets in one - RARE. 

[shrapnarl]

[ateliermicmac]

À la base l'inspiration venait des bijoux berbères. Les artistes (de 5 à 10 ans) s'en sont emparés, pour créer leurs propres parures. Attention, ça brille !

[yoannlossel]

Here is the Arts & Crafts version, entirely handcrafted, of my art book Forgotten Gods.

We printed it with @psycheophiuchus , using our own presses on Vélin d'Arches paper. Each design in the book was then screen-printed by hand with gold and colored inks, with up to five different screen-printing passes depending on the complexity of the pages.

Once the sheets were folded and gathered into signatures, Sophie Charlot, a Meilleur Ouvrier de France, meticulously bound them by hand. Belfea Archerie created all the leather parts and applied the dyes. Together, we assembled the covers on the book bodies bound by Sophie, and I gilded the cover with gold leaf (using three different shades of 22-23k gold).

Finally, I made the wooden cases and covered them with fabric. We then attached the clasp and the repoussé leather medallion, dyed by Belfea and gilded by me.

All the illustrations were printed using our presses; they are fine art prints on velvet-finish paper. With Psyché, we enhanced about thirty of them with gold (using several shades of 22-23k gold) to match the appearance of the original artworks. These illustrations were then hand-glued and protected with tracing paper, also hand-glued by Psyché and me.

King of Gods has represented a significant part of my work in recent years. It has been a passionate and enriching adventure, in the true spirit of the Arts & Crafts movement and in the footsteps of the Kelmscott Press. Thank you to everyone who worked on this book.

[bebemoon]

look for the name INGA (requested by anonymous) | la perla brown sheer lace bodysuit (c. 199o's), simone rocha long embellished bow in pink, christian dior beaded pearl choker, enfants riches déprimés stockings and heels (a/w 2o24), carolein smit pearl-wrapped rat art piece (2o17), houbigant "le parfum ideal" eau de parfum (c. 192o's), french carved celluloid swan brooch (c. 192o's), pearlandi (on etsy) handmade turkish crucifix indiviulal gold charm earring, nell brinkley drawing of a girl on the phone with a cherub switchboard operator, antique victorian mesh slide garter w/ dangle tassels, oversized brown czech glass cocktail ring, antique french-style chased repoussé gilt telephone w/ carved jade inset

[forever70s]

Repoussé Board Art book (1969)

[niteshade925]

April 20, Beijing, China, National Museum of China/中国国家博物馆 (Part 7 – Ancient Chinese Food Culture exhibition/中国古代饮食文化展):

Happy Chinese New Year and Lunar New Year to everyone in advance! Wishing everyone success in the Year of the Snake! 祝大家蛇年吉祥，万事如意！

CNY and LNY traditions vary by region, but the one thing that is definitely shared by everyone is that there's bound to be a family feast on the Eve (which for this year will be the 28th of January), so today's post will be quite fitting. Let us begin with alcohol-related artifacts:

The Alcohol (酒/jiǔ)*:

Liao dynasty (916 - 1125) gold wine vessel, where this type of vessel is named zhihu/执壶. Typically when you see similarly shaped vessels in Chinese period dramas, wuxia or xianxia shows, or animated shows, regardless of the material, it's always a wine vessel. The detailed low relief motifs of bird and flowers was crafted using repoussé and chasing techniques, together called zanke/錾刻 in Chinese:

*Note: although in this post I will be alternating between using "wine" and "alcohol" as the translation for jiu/酒, jiu can refer to all types of alcoholic drinks, and usually a descriptor will be added before jiu to create a new word for a specific type of alcoholic beverage. For example, wine would be called putaojiu/葡萄酒 in Chinese (lit. "grape alcohol"), and cocktails would be called jiweijiu/鸡尾酒 in Chinese (lit. "cocktail alcohol"). The names of traditional Chinese alcohols are descriptive in other ways, for example baijiu/白酒 (lit. "white alcohol"; actually it's colorless) and huangjiu/黄酒 (lit. "yellow alcohol"). Beer is called pijiu/啤酒 (lit. "beer alcohol") in Chinese, where pi/啤 is a homophonic translation of the English word beer.

Liao dynasty gold wine cups decorated with gold filigree, depicting clouds and birds:

Liao dynasty gold wine jug with a short spout in the shape of a beast head. The overall shape with flat ridges arranged vertically all around the vessel is called gualeng/瓜��� (lit. "melon ridges"), so named because it resembles the shape of a ribbed melon.

China has a long history of making and drinking alcohol, which started at around 7000 BC. In the very beginning, alcohol was only produced in small amounts, so its use was reserved for ceremonies and celebrations. From roughly Han dynasty (202 BC - 220 AD) to Northern Song dynasty (960 - 1127) was the time period during which traditional Chinese alcohol making had matured. The famous Tang-era (618 - 907 AD) drunk poet Li Bai/李白 lived during this period of time.

Warring States period (476 - 221 BC) bronze wine jug inlaid with gold and silver:

Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911) enamel wine cups:

Beishan Jiujing/《北山酒经》 or "The Classic of Wine" by Zhu Yizhong/朱翼中 of Northern Song dynasty. This book covered the history of alcohol in China, and described alcohol making methods of the time, specifically the methods used to produce alcohol on a large scale.

8 Types of bronze wine vessels from Shang (·1600 - 1046 BC) and Zhou dynasties (1046 - 256 BC):

The Tea (茶/chá):

China also has a long history of growing and drinking tea, being the country where the beverage originated from. Specifically, tea drinking first started in what is now Yunnan province, developed into a culture in Sichuan, then spread to all of China and beyond.

Qing dynasty duck-shaped tin teapot:

Qing dynasty Qianlong era (1736 - 1796) lacquered teacup, decorated with a poem by the Qianlong Emperor, the same poem as the jade gaiwan/盖碗 from the jade exhibition. The technique of decorating here is called diaoqi/雕漆, where different colored lacquer were layered onto the object, and then patterns would be carved into the thick lacquer, revealing the layers of colors.

A flowchart of the tea preparing and making process in Song dynasty (960 - 1276), called diancha/点茶, which influenced Japanese tea culture. Because of the complexity of the diancha process, it was abandoned in Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644) in favor of simply steeping tea leaves in water.

A video showing the Song-era diancha tea making process. This exact video also plays in the exhibition:

The Food (食/shí):

A Western Han dynasty (202 BC - 8 AD) small bronze hot pot, called a ranlu/染炉. Contrary to the modern Chinese hot pot where food cooked by boiling would be dipped in a bowl of room temperature condiments before eating, during Han dynasty people liked hot condiments, so this small hot pot was actually specifically for heating the condiments as people ate.

Various lacquered food containers from different dynasties.

Left: Western Han dynasty lacquered food container replica; when the original artifact was unearthed, it contained what seemed to be flatbread.

Middle: Ming dynasty 5-layered stacked lacquered food containers, held together with buttons, and decorated with diaoqi technique.

Right: Qing dynasty begonia-shaped lacquered fruit container, also decorated with diaoqi technique.

Qing dynasty tin tripod hot pot. This is a traditional Manchu hotpot, and its structure is quite similar to the classic Beijing style copper hotpot (I couldn't find anything that confirms a connection between the two, however). Both have a central chamber in the middle for charcoal (heat source), and the cooking is done in the heated water around the central chamber. The two biggest differences are the presence/absence of the tall "chimney" structure above the central chamber, and the material used. The reason this hotpot is tin may be because copper was mostly used to mint coins during Qing dynasty.

These two books were actually on display over at the Science and Technology exhibition, but I moved them here because that post was getting a bit too long. Since both books are about agriculture, they fit into this post quite well. The book on the left is Qimin Yaoshu/《齐民要术》 by Jia Sixie/贾思勰 in Northern Wei dynasty (386 - 534 AD), translated as either "Essential Techniques for the Welfare of the People" (the more accurate translation imho) or "Essential Techniques for the Peasantry". It is an encyclopedia on a wide range of agricultural and food processing techniques. The book on the right is Nongzheng Quanshu/《农政全书》 by Xu Guangqi/徐光启 in Ming dynasty, translated as "Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration". This book is also an encyclopedia that covers agricultural techniques, but also has long sections covering what to do in response to floods and famines.

Pretty interesting and self-explanatory chart on when some crops, vegetables, and fruits were introduced to China (arranged in chronological order). As one can see here, Chinese cuisine had changed a lot over the past ~3000 years, and much of the changes took place during periods when trading activities increased and new produce were introduced. The best example of this is the introduction of hot chilis in late Ming dynasty, which directly resulted in the famous mala/麻辣 flavor profile of Sichuan cuisine and heavily influenced many other Chinese regional cuisines (Hunan cuisine, Guizhou cuisine, Anhui cuisine, etc).

A diagram explaining the seating arrangement in a palace's main hall in ancient times (top half), and the seating arrangement around a table in Southern and Northern China (bottom half). In all of these cases, the seat facing south (which also faces the entrance in traditional halls) is always reserved for the person of highest status, kind of like the seat at the head of the table. For the bottom half, the numbering indicates the order of seniority and/or inferiority (1 is the highest status).

Some examples of famous dishes from different dynasties, these are arranged in chronological order if going top to bottom, left to right:

Finally, some bonus pictures to serve as the conclusion to my brief trip to Beijing. This oil painting of the Great Wall was in the lobby of the museum, I thought it was pretty neat.

A peek at the Zhengyangmen/正阳门 gatehouse. Zhengyangmen is the southern gate (front gate) to the inner city in imperial times, today it's the only gate of the inner city that still stands.

A closeup of the Zhengyangmen gatehouse. I think the caihua/彩画 (the colorful painting on the building; also called caihui/彩绘) here had some restoration work done on it in recent years? It looks a lot more vibrant than the caihua on other historic architecture.

This is the last museum post (long post) of the 2024 China series (PHEW), and the final posts will all be fairly short, most of them about the food I've had. See y'all after CNY/LNY!

[thatshowthingstarted]

Mycenaean Swords with elaborate 'Gold Plating' (1600-1300 BC), Crete, Greece.

Sword with gold-capped rivet and gold plating on the hilt.

Small dagger with three gold-plated rivets.

Gold-plated hilt with repoussé decoration representing lions hunting goats, held in place by gold rivets and gold ring.

Sword with repoussé spiral motif on hilt.

Sword with five gold-plated rivets.

Courtesy: Archaeological Museum of Heracleion, Crete

[chic-a-gigot]

L'Art et la mode, no. 46, vol. 14, 18 novembre 1893, Paris. Sarah Bernhardt. Théâtre de la Renaissance: Les Rois. Dessin de Marie de Solar. Bibliothèque nationale de France

Toilette en panne miroir héliotrope brodée d'opales, d'or et de turquoises d'Egypte. Empiècement de turquoises. Manches et traîne en panne pervenche, doublée de soie turquoise. — Création de Laferriere.

Ensemble in heliotrope mirror panne embroidered with opals, gold and Egyptian turquoise. Turquoise insert. Sleeves and train in periwinkle panne, lined with turquoise silk.

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Robe en satin violette des bois, entièrement brodée de pensées en soie repoussée et perlée. La robe s’ouvre en panneaux de côté sur du tulle noir brodé de jais scintillant. Grand voile de même tulle, tombant d’une couronne de jais. – Création de Laferriere.

Dress in violet satin of the woods, entirely embroidered with pansies in repoussé and pearl silk. The dress opens in side panels on black tulle embroidered with shimmering jet. Large veil of the same tulle, falling from a crown of jet.

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Robe en satin noir entièrement brodée, ainsi que la capuche, d’hiéroglyphes or et soie.

Black satin dress entirely embroidered, as well as the hood, with gold and silk hieroglyphs.

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Robe en tulle noir, lamée de bandes "clair de lune" et de perles "blanc de nuit". Grand manteau de dentelle noire faisant ailes.

Black tulle dress, laminated with "moonlight" bands and "night white" pearls. Large black lace coat making wings.

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Mme Valdé Frida.

Ravissante blouse en soie plissée accordéon améthyste pâle. Petite guimpe de guipure. Manches également recouvertes de guipure.

Lovely blouse in pale amethyst accordion pleated silk. Small guipure guimpe. Sleeves also covered with guipure.

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Mme Valdé.

Corsage et jupe de satin blanc. Grand cordon rosé mis en travers du corsage.

Bodice and skirt in white satin. Large pink cord placed across the bodice.

[iranondeaira]

" J'ai pardonné des erreurs presque impardonnables...j'ai essayé de remplacer des personnes irremplaçables et oublier des personnes inoubliables...

j'ai agi par impulsion, j'ai été déçu par des gens que j'en croyais incapables, mais j'ai déçu des gens aussi...

j'ai tenu quelqu'un dans mes bras pour le proteger...j'ai ri quand il ne fallait pas...je me suis fait des amis éternels...j'ai aimé et l'ai été en retour...mais j'ai aussi été repoussé...

j'ai été aimé et je n'ai pas su aimer...j'ai crié et sauté de tant de joie, j'ai vécu d'amour et fait des promesses éternelles, mais je me suis brisé le coeur tant de fois...

j'ai pleuré en écoutant de la musique ou en regardant des photos...

j'ai téléphoné juste pour entendre une voix, je suis déjà tombé amoureux d'un sourire...

j'ai déjà cru mourir par tant de nostalgie et...j'ai eu peur de perdre quelqu'un de très spécial (que j'ai fini par perdre)..

.mais j'ai survécu....

et je vis encore !

et la vie, je ne m'en passe pas...Et toi non plus tu ne devrais pas t'en passer...

Vis!

Ce qui est vraiment bon, c'est de se battre avec persuasion, embrasser la vie et vivre avec passion, perdre avec classe et vaincre en osant...parce que le monde appartient à celui qui ose.

Et La Vie c'est beaucoup trop pour être insignifiante. "

Charlie Chaplin

[loundervenus]

Repoussé work

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