The Fresco, an ancient technique of creating murals by troweling, and burnishing a façade with mineral pigmented marble plaster, the surface welcomes composition.
Selected for their light reflective and granular qualities, historic dry pigments, such as azurite, malachite and jasper, are tempered in casein, lime or egg. Employing the dry fresco technique, secco; the subject matter is rendered. The strength of the tempered egg line holds floated pigments as the image appears.Botticelli, Da Vinci and Diego Rivera are among the famous artists who used these techniques.
While rooted in antiquity frescoes are in vogue today. Trends mixing relics of statuary alongside modern furnishings dominate magazine editorials. Also, these frescoes are organic, and non-toxic, meeting the “green” industry standards for building and design.
The Fresco, an ancient technique of creating murals by troweling, and burnishing a façade with mineral pigmented marble plaster, the surface welcomes composition. Selected for their light reflective and granular qualities, historic dry pigments, such as azurite, malachite and jasper, are tempered in casein, lime or egg.
Employing the dry fresco technique, secco; the subject matter is rendered. The strength of the tempered egg line holds floated pigments as the image appears.Botticelli, Da Vinci and Diego Rivera are among the famous artists who used these techniques.While rooted in antiquity frescoes are in vogue today. Trends mixing relics of statuary alongside modern furnishings dominate magazine editorials. Also, these frescoes are organic, and non-toxic, meeting the “green” industry standards for building and design.