by Heather Luke | Jun 23, 2015
A DuPont trademark, associated with its domestic use on saucepans, it is also a synthetic water-repellent coating for...
by Heather Luke | Jun 23, 2015
A home method for ageing or darkening fabric, ribbon or other textiles. We use the tannins from basic tea bags, on a very ad-hoc basis, just to take the heat out of a colour when we need to, to knock it back. We steep the tea basin boiling water for a few seconds (...
by Heather Luke | Jun 23, 2015
A decorative finish often used in furnishings, a trimming, or passementerie staple, which can be as simple as a bunch of knotted threads fastened at the top, or extremely intricate and ornate with tassels on tassels on tassels. The earliest tassels were made of silk...
by Heather Luke | Jun 23, 2015
An early method of tanning that is similar but not the same as straight curing. Tawing involves treating (usually goat or pig) hides to turn them into pale coloured or white leather using alum and...
by Heather Luke | Jun 23, 2015
Tau (or T) is the constant, numerical value (6.28, or twice PI), which is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its radius. It is said to be in line to replace PI. Using tau To find the circumference of a 200cm diameter circle, the formula is : T x radius =...
