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by Marc Bodewes
Sat Oct 19, 2019 9:23 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Buying Asphaltum in the UK - question 2019
Replies: 5
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Re: Buying Asphaltum in the UK - question 2019

Hello Anthony, For the acid etching we used orafol 651 vinyl as a resist, screenprint the artwork and handcut the etching area's. The charbonnel was used for tinting the gold. If you follow Dave's Ludow project on Instagram or Larry White's Banknote project on this forum you will see some examples. ...
by Marc Bodewes
Fri Oct 18, 2019 10:44 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Buying Asphaltum in the UK - question 2019
Replies: 5
Views: 31466

Re: Buying Asphaltum in the UK - question 2019

Hi,

In september I did a workshop with Dave Smith. We used Charbonnel lamour black covering varnish . I found a supplier in The Netherlands, https://www.polymetaal.nl/contents/en-u ... ishes.html (250 ml #331278) and has stock at the time of writing.

Marc