Malcesine

Design and drawing by me

Etching by me in to copperplate

2018-19; 30x20 cm plate

unlimited serie

Kuusankosken vanha tehdas

Design and drawing by me
Etching by me in to copperplate2018-19; 30x20 cm plate
Unlimited serie

Map of Tournai

Tornacum, Drawn by: Blaeu J in Netherlands 1649

Copper engraving, 38.5 x 50.5cm

Engraved by me in to copperplate

2008; 39 x 50 cm

Serie: 5 pcs

Schoolmaster

Albrecht Dürer 1510

Woodcut
Engraved by me in to copperplate
2008; 12 x 16 cm
unlimited serie

St. Michael's fight against the dragon

Albrecht Dürer 1498

Woodcut, 39.2 x 28.3 cm
Etching a detail by me in to copperplate
2008; 16.8 x 26.5 cm
Unlimited serie,

Map of Drachenwald

Original map is EUROPA recens descripta by J. Blaeu in 1617
Copper engraving

Etching by me in to copperplate
2008; 34.3 x 24.6 cm (paper size 42 x 32 cm)
Serie limited in to 50 pcs

Lady on horseback and the Lansquenet

Albrecht Dürer 1496
Copper engraving 10.8 x 7.7 cm

Etching by me in to copperplate

2008; 20 x 15 cm plate

serie: 11 pcs, not for sale

Map of Hämeenlinna 1555

Design and drawing by me
Picture of Castle and town in 1699

Roads in 1555

Arms of Häme and befallningsman/ståthållare Herman Fleming

Etching by me in to copperplate

2009; 30x40 cm plate

unlimited serie

Muuttohaukka ja fasaani

Original drawing by unknown artist


Etching by me in to copperplate

2009; 15x20 cm plate

Serie limited in to 20 pcs

Four muses dansing

Original engrawing by unknown artist


Etching by me in to copperplate

2009; 20x30 cm plate

Serie limited in to 20 pcs

St George

Albrecht Dürer 1508
Copper engraving 85 x 107 cm

Etching by me in to copperplate

2009; 20 x 15 cm plate

serie: 20 pcs

Tapestry: Hunts of Maximilian, December, The Killing of the Wild Boar, detail

Cartoon Origin of the cartoon is a scanned small part of the picture of the tapestry. It was scanned in 600 dpi. I printed it in the scale of 1/2 from original. It makes width of 90 cm and height of 104 cm.

Warp Cotton, Fishermans twine, 6 warps per cm. Totally 540 warps = 1100 meters of twine. In original work warping is horisontal. I am using vertical warping which will cause me some small problems.

Weft Wool 125 tex x2, Nm 8/2 (pirkkalanka) Color is not exactly even in weft, but it suites well in to this tapestry

Phases of work 1. Cartoon design and printing in Monikko. 2007 March 1.-2. Weaving has been done 2007 October 1. I cutted warps in the length of 15 cms, at 5 cm intervall, and tyed knots to secure weft in place. Then I removed the tapestry from loom cutting rest of the warps at length of 15 cm in both ends of the tapestry. Work is done and hanging on my wall. 2007 October 7.

Verdure with the Arms of Rakonczay Gergely

Cartoon

   

Origin of the cartoon is a sector of tapestry of Tallinn Town Council, woven 1547 in Enghien. 

Size 110x757 cm.

Woollen yarn, linen warp.

Amount of warps / cm has not been given. In verdures it has been normally 5 warps/cm, but linen warp  is also thicker than Fishermans twine.

 

I scanned part of the picture of the tapestry and changed Arms of Tallinn in to my own, and added a rabbit in the right corner.

Resolution of the picture is 600 dpi.

 

I printed it in height of 100 cm, which is 86% from original.

Tapestry does not have small details, so smaller scale should not make difficulties.

Warp Cotton, Fishermans twine, 32 warps per 5 cm. Totally 640 warps = 1400 meters of twine.  Fishermans twine is widely used today. On that moment I did not have linen thread, which is much better for Tapestry weaving. In original work warping is horisontal. I am using also horisontal warping which gives me a maximum height of 100 cm, where is also a 5 cm top hem included.

Weft Wool 125 tex x2, Nm 8/2 (pirkkalanka) I will use a little brighter colours than in the cartoon, since the colours has faded during the centuries.

Phases of work 1. Cartoon design and printing in Monikko. 2008 January

Work ready

Picture is taken before back linen was sewn place.

2008 September 16

Tapestry; Face of Mary

The idea of this tapestry is to test a metal threads and silk threads with wool in tapestry.

Cartoon

     

Origin of the cartoon is a sector of tapestry of The Virgin, Saint Anne and the Infant Christ, woven ca.1515 probably Brussels.

Size 105 x 105 cm.

Wool, silk, and gilt-metal-wrapped thread.

Warp        Cotton, Fishermans twine, 29 warps per 5 cm. Metal thread needs a little bigger space between warps than wool. In my last work I used 32 warps per 5 cm.

Weft        Wool 125 tex x2, Nm 8/2 (pirkkalanka) Wool 105 tex for face Silk-cotton 50%-50% 85 tex Nm 12/3 Metal thread, Kreinik Japan size 16

Phases of work Cartoon design and printing. 2008 October

2008 December 13.

Work done without knots in the upper end.

I lost 5 mm from the width in 25 cm. Width decreases from 29-28.5 mm.

I deside to make a cushion from the weaving.

I sew the work in to the linen canvas and filled the cushion.

It is small for the cushion, but it is very medieval method to use the weaving.

Tapestry, Arms of Cardinal Wolsey with Cardinals's hat

Origin of the cartoon is a Tapestry 7.9 in book: Henry VIII and the Art of Majesty:

Arms of Cardinal Wolsey with Cardinals hat, Archiepiscopal Cross, and Wolseys Motto.

Tapestry woven in the Southern Netherlands or England, ca. 1517-21. Wool and silk, 60x292 cm. Hampton Court Palace.

Mallikuva on skannattu kirjasta Henry VIII and the Art of Majesty: Kuvakudos 7.9.

Alkuperäinen työ on kudottu Etelä-Hollannissa tai Englannissa, noin 1517-1521. Työssä on käytetty villaa ja silkkiä.

Koko 60x292 cm. Työ sijaitsee Lontoossa Hampton Court Placessa.

Cartoon size 60x130 cm.

I scanned the picture from the book in 600 dpi and cut the Cross and Motto away.

Mallikuvan koko on 60x130cm, eli alkuperäisestä työstä on poistettu motto. Skannasin kuvan resoluutiolla 600dpi.

I printed the picture in scale 1:1

Warping Loimilangat Linen: Aivina 12/2 32 warps / 5 cm Horizontal

Weft Kudelangat Wool 125 tex x2, Nm 8/2 (pirkkalanka) Silk-cotton 50%-50% 85 tex Nm 12/3 I ordered 3 hues of  silk for the costumes of the angels, I already have two matching colors. Työssä käytin puuvillan ja silkin sekoitusta, viittä eri värisävyä enkelien asuihin. Metal thread, Kreinik Japan size 16 Cold metalthread will be used in proper places. Kullattua lankaa käytin muutamassa paikassa. Mouline special DMC 25 hue 842 Mouline kirjontalankaa käytin enkelien kasvoissa ja muutamassa vaakunan kohdassa. I will use a little brighter colours than in the cartoon, since the colours has faded during the centuries. I assume that the grass in the down of the picture has turned blue by aging. The same happened in the boar tapestry I wove earlier, but I did not change the color then. (Exposure to light also causes color changes; the green of foliage tends to come more blue as it ages and the more fugitive yellow component is lost. -Tapestry conservation, Principles and Practice, Frances Lennard page5) Work was done in 2009 from March to August.