Couple Engaged in a Novel Art Genre

From brassing comes a multitude of rewards but like what one couple engaged in this activity will tell you there are a lot of obstacles involved in this hobby. In order for them to tell you all about brassing you should definitely ask nicely. The process of brassing takes images of the flat metal figures commonly seen in tombs, images in stones in churches, and other decorative pieces from 13th to 17th Century England and transfers them to paper to make artwork that could be exhibited.

In this case, it may sound pretty simple but the couple stress how difficult the process could be. England was home to this couple for four years until about a year ago when they were moved to an Air Force base. This couple is engaged in collecting antiques and they have been able to obtain quite a display of antique furniture, dishes, utensils, and other items. This is not an ordinary thing in most parts of the United States but in England brassing was popular and the couple grew fond of it when they were there.

In order to honor their dead the upper class English during the 13th Century made use of engraved flat brass portraits that were placed on the floors of nearby churches or on the tombs. To recreate and image the brasses would be lined with special black paper and then it will be rubbed using a special gold colored wax bar.

Wherever there are ridges in the brass the wax rubs off on the paper and the image appears. Other than a duplicate brass, the couple also brought back 200 paper images from the original monument. Most valuable is the brass of Sir John d' Abernon for the couple and he died in 1277 in a battle. Not only is this the earliest known brass but to accommodate the people who want to take rubbings bookings were made months in advance.

According to the couples, the Vicars in charge of the brasses saw to it that only those with prior experience were allowed to duplicate the brasses. In New York some Americans sold copies of the brass for $2,000 each and this resulted in the English not being as accommodating when it comes to those who are interested in making copies requiring each and every one to first sign a waiver promising that they would not sell any of the duplicates they bring back home.

When it comes to the remaining monuments from the large number originally put down from 1250 to 1650 8,000 are left. What these brasses were able to do was to reveal the clues from the monuments thereby allowing the historians to trace the development of armor, clothing, and lifestyle as well. When they used these they found out that a lion pictured at the feet of a knight means that he died in battle and a hound at someone's feet meant that he liked to hunt with dogs.

There are only a limited number of brasses in the US for art is still catching up here. Rubbing can be used to make copies of manhole covers, etchings on tombstones, and other decorative engravings. Such a fun activity is what it is even if the rubbing of Sir d' Abernon took the couple four hours to complete. Being requested by several schools and art shows is that the couple display some of their rubbings.

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