This old style butcher shop is still a working business. It's in a town called Cobargo in NSW.
It may not look much at first glance, but each of the four door panels had a lovely sign with an edible animal featured. Note some of details.....nicely stippled background (no one stipples backgrounds anymore), bit of colour glaze work combined with gold leaf for the cow. aluminium paste for the border line.
Other things I like are the pretty leadlight upper glass and what about that sign hanging under the verandah!
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Bruce Jackson's photo archive 10 - Benny's butcher
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Re: Bruce Jackson's photo archive 10 - Benny's butcher
Nice post again Bruce, do you have a picture of the other panel as well please?
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The other door wasn't open, so I didn't get good shots of it. The guys in the shop were busy and although they tolerated me pestering them about the signs and taking photos including from inside....I felt it would be pushing their patience too far to ask for more shots of the other door as well.
The other panel with the sheep on the open door wasn't as good as the cow and the condition wasn't as good either. Here's a cropped photo of it, but it's kind of a weird looking fat little lamb.
The other panel with the sheep on the open door wasn't as good as the cow and the condition wasn't as good either. Here's a cropped photo of it, but it's kind of a weird looking fat little lamb.
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Re: Bruce Jackson's photo archive 10 - Benny's butcher
I like the picture of the cow. What kind of paint do you think was used for the orange modeling on the gold leaf?
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Re: Bruce Jackson's photo archive 10 - Benny's butcher
it's not quite as orange in the other photos I've got.
It would just be gold size with a drop of colour added. You can see the matt areas are gold-size applied before it was water-gilded. Well, it's just more of that, but tinted. It's a glaze, so you can see the gold coming through.
Often Asphaltum (Black Japan) is mixed with gold size for this, but you can use any other color too. This looks like it could have some burnt sienna in it.
It would just be gold size with a drop of colour added. You can see the matt areas are gold-size applied before it was water-gilded. Well, it's just more of that, but tinted. It's a glaze, so you can see the gold coming through.
Often Asphaltum (Black Japan) is mixed with gold size for this, but you can use any other color too. This looks like it could have some burnt sienna in it.
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