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scribes digest        Monday, February 9 1998        Volume 01 : Number 047



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    [scribes]: leftover gold
    Re: [scribes]: leftover gold

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Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 09:51:00 -0500
From: ab873@jepms4.jep.cummins.com
Subject: [scribes]: leftover gold

OK, I finished putting the gold and my scroll.  It was painful, and my
ten month old son was *not* helping.  Now that I have far more little 
scraps of gold than I should have, what can I do with them?  Is there a
way to make gold scraps into shell gold or do I just have a neat little 
jar of gold to show off at demos?  Thanks for your help and suggestions.


Dorinda Courtenay
(Dorinda Courtine-White)

Shire of Heronter, AEthelmearc
(Jamestown, NY)

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Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 10:44:11 EST
From: PTS21@aol.com
Subject: Re: [scribes]: leftover gold

In a message dated 98-02-09 09:59:39 EST, ab873@jepms4.jep.cummins.com writes:

<< OK, I finished putting the gold and my scroll.  It was painful, and my
 ten month old son was *not* helping.  Now that I have far more little 
 scraps of gold than I should have, what can I do with them?  Is there a
 way to make gold scraps into shell gold or do I just have a neat little 
 jar of gold to show off at demos?  Thanks for your help and suggestions.
  >>
Yes, it is possible to convert scraps of gold into shell gold--I'll look for
the recipe, Roseanna gave it to me and it's in one of my myriad piles of
paper.  I remember something having to do with distilled water, grinding the
gold with salt and pouring off the excess water several times and adding
fresh, then using it with gum arabic?-She did it for a scroll for Pennsic Arts
Champions a few years ago and it worked out well.
Also--for the class you're teaching next week--try Boston Market restaurants
for the little plastic deli containers with lids--they clean up ok and can be
used as well--I brought some back to the event for you then lost them.  I
think the person i was with inadvertantly put them in the garbage  Oh well.

Cori Ghora, deputy AEthelmearc signet
Clare Jackson,  North Tonawanda, NY (just north of Buffalo)
pts21@aol.com

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