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In an East London studio, Pedro da Costa Felgueiras spends his time stirring up ancient hues that are now too costly (or dangerous) to make.
Sep 30, 2018 · Usa pigmentos vindos do fundo da terra (e até de animais) e devolve a prédios antigos a vida que já tiveram. Inspirado na Lisboa da sua infância, destaca-se em Londres a fazer o que mais ...
- Japanning – A 17Th-Century European Lacquer Technique
- Naples Yellow Walls and Caput Mortuum Doors in Pedro’s Kitchen
- Kangaroo Paw Flowers
- Sprinkling with Gold, Silver and Copper Is A Feature of Classic Lacquer Pieces
- Gathered Hazel Twigs
- Applying Gesso
- Hellebores in Jade Blue Vase by Bordallo Pinheiro
- Making Blue Verditer Distemper
Pedro mixes shellac varnish with lamp black pigment using a 1688 recipe from A Treatise of Japanning and Varnishing by Stalker & Parker. The mixture is applied to an object, left to dry for many hours and then rubbed down. Many layers are needed to achieve the deep finish of real lacquer, which means repeating the entire process 30 times; waiting a...
Naples yellow pigment was long used in Babylon and Persia in the production of ceramic yellow glazes. Renaissance chronicler Cennino Cennini alludes to it and Rubens used it in the depiction of his lush flesh tones. For Pedro’s walls, this pigment has been patiently ground with linseed oil. Also known as ‘mummy brown’, caput mortuum was produced by...
Very often, especially throughout the dark winter months, Pedro’s house is filled with wintry branches covered in moss, ready to burst into bloom.
First, gold size is applied to a surface and left to dry for up to 24 hours before the metal specks can be applied using special little hollow sticks (funzutsu in Japanese) to the sized areas.
Collected over the years from a farm in Wales, now well aged and covered in lichen, in storage for the winter. During the summer they can be found in Pedro’s garden as wigwams supporting runner beans and rare oriental lilies.
This is the first stage in the preparation of a lacquered or gilded surface. It is an ancient process used since the time of the Egyptians and common in icon painting. Gesso is a mixture of chalk and rabbit-skin gelatine glue, which is patiently ‘cooked’ before being applied. Pedro does this with vintage handmade brushes, which are ideal. ‘A good b...
Bordallo Pinheiro is a century-old ceramics manufacturer in Portugal, which has produced tableware using the same processes since 1884. Pedro has made it his mission to bring its whimsical, beautifully made objects to the UK.
These are samples for the restoration of the Blue Bedchamber at Horace Walpole’s Strawberry Hill House. Verditer was used as a replacement for the hugely expensive lapis lazuli from medieval times until the 18th century. Legend has it that Verditer needs to be buried in frosted ground for a month to stop it turning from blue to green. The dry pigme...
Jan 8, 2017 · An interview with historic lacquer & paint specialist Pedro da Costa Felgueiras of Lacquer Studios, London. Mixing yellow pigment in Japanese Urushi lacquer Pedro da Costa Felgueiras is a Japanner, in other words a lacquer and paint expert, with a passion for paints from the past.
sport lisboa e benfica. Toda a formação foi passada no Benfica (dos 7 aos 19 anos), onde se sagrou campeão júnior e, pela equipa B, considerado o melhor jogador da II Liga, tendo ainda sido um dos destaques maiores da selecção portuguesa de Sub-19 que disputou o Campeonato da Europa de 2013.
\n \n \nIn our fifth and final week of our Objects exploration, The New Craftsmen invites you to discover, in fine detail, the work of historic paint specialist Pedro da Costa Felgueiras. \nPedro’s cork vessels form the more intuitive and experimental part of his practice.
The penultimate maker in our Reason For Being campaign is Historic Paint and Lacquer Expert, Pedro da Costa Felgueiras. Pedro reflects on his time at home and plants oak trees for the future in his garden in Whitechapel, London.
