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Bride picotée (Breedpee-koh-tay) is an old type of point lace that consists of a large mesh or foundation surrounded by small picots.The lace gets its alternative names, Bride épinglé and Bride boucle, from the use of pins pricked into the parchment pattern to form picots or boucles.
Coloring is a technique that gained popularity in parchment craft in the 20th century; before this, parchment craft was originally only white work. [3] There are many methods for coloring parchment craft work. One of the most popular is "dorsing". Dorsing creates a soft background color for embossed shapes or the areas around them.
Vitruvian scroll pattern. The Vitruvian scroll is a scroll pattern used in architectural moldings and borders in other media. It is also known as the Vitruvian wave, wave scroll, or running dog pattern. [1] The pattern resembles waves in water or a series of parchment scrolls viewed on end.
The scroll was made by one person only. Most of the patterns were drawn on two pieces of parchment that were put together, and then pasted on the scroll. The placement of the patterns on the scroll is somewhat disorganized. Patterns of similar themes are fallen apart, and some patterns formed on two parchment pieces are combined imperfectly. [3]
The meander is a fundamental design motif in regions far from a Hellenic orbit: labyrinthine meanders ("thunder" pattern [3]) appear in bands and as infill on Shang bronzes (c. 1600 BC – c. 1045 BC), and many traditional buildings in and around China still bear geometric designs almost identical to meanders.
Parchment craft today involves various techniques, including tracing a pattern with white or colored ink, embossing to create a raised effect, stippling, perforating, coloring and cutting. Parchment craft appears in hand made cards, as scrapbook embellishments, as bookmarks, lampshades, decorative small boxes, wall hangings and more.
The manuscript stands out due to its unique structure and content. Comprising a collection of connected parchments, it covers various facets of Masonry, following the pattern of traditional Books of Charges from previous centuries. It delves into the Liberal Sciences, the history of the Craft, and a series of obligations.
Arranging a fuse-bead pattern on a pegboard. Fuse beads, thermobeads, iron beads, or iron-fusible beads are multicoloured tubular plastic beads that can be arranged into 2D designs on a pegboard, and then fused together by the application of a hot clothes iron through parchment paper to form mosaics.