Colour Stories
BRITISH COLOUR STANDARD - Parchment No. 383
Parchment is a writing material made from specially prepared un-tanned skins of animals—primarily sheep, calves, and goats.
It has been used as a writing medium for over two millennia.
BRITISH COLOUR STANDARD - Medici Blue No.129
A lighter tone of Madonna blue. Medici porcelain was the first successful attempt in Europe to make imitations of Chinese porcelain. The experimental manufactory housed in the Casino of San Marco in...
BRITISH COLOUR STANDARD - Mortlake Red No. 10
A colour much used in French and English tapestries of very early date.
This colour was matched to seventeenth century Mortlake tapestries at the V.&A.
Materials & More
Blown Glass
Glass blowing is by definition a hot process! The transformation of raw materials into glass takes place at around 1,320 °C / 2,400 °F, and the glass emits enough heat to appear...