'Cennini'

Watt Space Gallery Newcastle

Student solo show interrogating the famous Cennini fourteenth century art instruction manuscript.

Bee [sold]

Charcoal, egg tempera, honey, bees wax

In many recipes honey and beeswax are used to make paint

Milk [sold]

charcoal, skim milk & 24k gold leaf

skim milk was used as a fixative for charcoal and as a paint medium for house paint

Eco Certified Archival Paper made in Italy
Also pictured 'White Powders'. Exploring the disconnect in materials knowledge from Renaissance times to Modern day.

How to Paint a Dead Man [NFS]

Charcoal, white powders & 24k gold leaf

Cennini recommended using old eggs and a layer of white powder