| ANOTHER HOME CRAFT FOR EVE - RENASCO WORK Making Boxes with Antique Look | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6733 | |
| Catalog #: | 428394 | |
| Clip Number: | 428394-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 107 | |
| Timecode: | 01:41:46 - 01:45:31 | |
| Location: | Great Britain | |
| Year Shot: | 1929 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | HOBBIES: Crafts, Misc INTERIOR DECORATION: Accessories LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK | |
| Description: | ANOTHER HOME CRAFT FOR EVE - "RENASCO" WORK which any handy woman can do at home. Craft demonstration by Mrs Francis-Lewis. She makes Renasco Work boxes. CU cigar box decorated w/raised design and shellac'ed picture - looks antique. MCU Mrs. Francis-Lewis a young woman in her 20s or 30s, holding up plain cigar box. MCU cigar box on table; she takes postcard w/reproduction of a painting, uses a ruler to center it on the top of the box. She brushes glue on the back of the picture & presses it on box. She puts a frame around the picture w/ narrow strips of wood, then puts squares and rectangles of wood(?) around the sides. She applies a thick coating of paint to everything but the picture, then dribbles paint on top in a curling pattern. Then she paints over the box w/ gold bronze paint. After this has dried she puts another coat of paint, this time dark brown, but then wipes some of it off so that other shades will show through. She poses holding up completed box. Next, MS she shows a large chest which has also been re-done by this method; she tilts it forward to show the top. Title offer`s a brochure on this craft to those who would like one. | |
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