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Though it occurs to me that if you're encouraging beginners then the bigger book has an excellent range of tool skills and construction advice. 🙂
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Actually, it looks familiar now you've shown me a pic. I like the tree images in the top corners.
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Didn't know about the smaller volume but my eyesight is degrading these days so the bigger one is probably best for me.
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Exqmple pages.
Have a good weekend!
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Thank you!
The exact recipe is folklore and varies from person to person. Some use raw linseed (probably safer first time out) and some add white vinegar (which I never have).
Lots of stuff like this on the net. Search 'furniture reviver' - experiment
blog.thirdbitfromtheright.com/2014/04/25/h...
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OK, to clear up something. John the Elder was born in 1570 which was 33 years before the ascent of James I/VI to the throne, so for him any royal connections start as English. John the Younger was born in 1608 but the Act of Union creating Great Britain wasn't until 1707.
It's complicated... 🙁
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Have a good weekend!
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Finally, have you got a copy of Collins 'Complete Woodworker's Manual'? It has 13 pages of colour pix showing face and side grain of hardwoods and softwoods. If not you can get a copy for about £2.50 on eBay. The older ones have better paper/print quality. Mine is a hardback published 1996.
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You could try cleaning them up with an old-fashioned wood reviver. One part each Boiled Linseed, clear alcohol and turpentine. Do a confidence test first.
You can sand a hidden area down to clean grain BUT it will most likely be end grain which doesn't help much unless you're ++expert.
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I'd have thought earlier, but I have seen the wooden rosettes as late as 1930s. Also Scotland makes life more complex. I used to live in the West End of Glasgow - truly a Victorian Empire City - and a huge range of exotic hardwoods turned up there.
So, here's a couple of thoughts...
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How old are they (guess) and what country/continent are you in?
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#plants #trees #history #botany #art 🌱
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Thanks for your comments on my post. Always a pleasure to hear from specialists in a field (even if they're kicking me for getting it wrong...) I have some other historically interesting trees in my list for this year.
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#plants #history #botany #art 🌱
Excellent. The Yashica 124G was my first camera, too. c1972.
The square 120 6x6 format and the laterally inverted viewfinder image really sharpened up my thinking on composition.
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#plants #history #botany #art 🌱
Campanula grandis sub. grandis - Campanula (one of many)
Kew POWO info -
powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:ls...
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Global introduction/distribution/native range map from Kew POWO-
powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:ls...
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Yes. Time to go home and re-think my life...
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Helianthus Annus - Sunflower.
These are rather good. They brighten up so many dull, dark city corners.
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If I were a Pension Fund manager, I'd say "When I'm certain the artist is dead."
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Sometimes the colours look slightly/very off. Over the years the paper discolours and colours fade. None of us see the same colour in exactly the same way. The paint/ink pigments themselves improve dramatically after the 1840s - in the 1740s you had to do what you could with what you had.
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If you had the means, or a rich patron, you could hire a professional illustrator to work with you. Also, many of the illustrations were line engravings on printing blocks. These were brought to life during publishing by skilled colourists.
And finally...
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Those involved in science of any kind were often taught illustrative skills as a matter of course. Some had better artistry than others but the essential thing was to accurately represent what they saw.
Now we come to the Economic and Technical part...
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No such a thing as a daft question. Always ask, always find out.
Most illustration is left to us by the 17th, 18th & 19th centuries. Times were different. No cameras, film or electronic. No smart 'phones. People were expected to be able to draw, no matter how limited their talent.
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I looked at Delyn Dickey's 'Farming' list and you're there already 👍 If you didn't know, it's this -
bsky.app/profile/did:...
It's a good source. (And you have a Starter Pack 👍)
Here's a bunch of my sane ones, less the archaeologists.
bsky.app/profile/spit...
Have a good week and good weather!
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I appreciate this posting but it's so sad that I can't bring myself to like it. We should have a 'Commiserations' button.
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And this is really a nice, tolerant platform. Maybe it has the right people posting, maybe it's the right size. I'm very impressed.
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🙂 You do make me sound a little tetchy... (But always good to be remembered.)
My view is that after 50 years as a minor political activist, and as I rapidly approach 70, I needed a change. The best thing about plants is that they don't have opinions and they don't vote.
Good to hear from you!
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Feel free to ignore me. Pay attention when you want to... I'll still be here doing interesting plants and odd snips of history. 🙂🌱
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I'll see if I can find some that fit your interests. There are some good people here.
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And that's a big climate change. From Oceanic Sub-Tropical to full on Northern Hemisphere Continental all in one go!
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If I'm correct - and I apologise for making assumptions - you are possibly new(ish) to BlueSky.
Do you know about Lists and Starter Packs?
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You are very welcome, for what little there was. What general part of the world are you planting/growing in? I may be able to point you at some lists of fellow posters.
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It's a matter of circumstances. The original allotments in the UK were made to keep big, poorly housed and angry populations quiet and occupied. The lesson learned later was one of food security and diversity. Take a look at my post of a couple of weeks ago on Rosa Canina if you get a chance. 🙂
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The view in some countries is distorted by the huge space that is available to the population, and the popular attitude. USA, Canada and Australia, for instance - but in times of crisis the municipalities organised very well. (It takes a lot to dig up Hyde Park!)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory...
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I think you have forgottwn Laos.