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« Reply #13 on: June 15, 2021, 09:38:44 AM »
Sounds like a wonderful project.  Looks impressive, the presentation has the "texture" of the period based on the sources!  Great to see.
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« Reply #12 on: June 15, 2021, 09:30:55 AM »
Interesting, delightful figures!


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« Reply #11 on: June 14, 2021, 12:44:45 PM »
Handwerker und Händler IIICraftsmen and traders III
 HH13 – Gerber
(HH13a = Gerber; HH13b  = Kunde; HH13c-d = beim Entfleischen; HH13e = Fleischbock; HH13f-i = beim Trocknen; HH13j,k = Lohe aufgießend; HH13l = in Gerbergrube; HH13m = Karren mit frischen Fellen; HH13n = Lederstücke; HH13o = Schabeisen)

HH13 - Tanner

(HH13a = tanner; HH13b = customer; HH13c-d = fleshing; HH13e = meat goat; HH13f-i = drying; HH13j,k = pouring on tan; HH13l = in tanning pit; HH13m = cart with fresh hides; HH13n = pieces of leather; HH13o = scraping iron)


 



In the Middle Ages, leather workshops of often impressive size sprang up in Europe. However, these had to retreat to their own quarters in the cities as
as it was a dirty and, in the truest sense of the word, disreputable trade. Due to the rotting hides and the (toxic) chemicals used, extreme
The rotting skins and the (toxic) chemicals used gave off an extreme stench, and it was also not without danger, as one could easily contract anthrax, for example.
The tanners (also Lohgerber, Löher, Loher) belonged to the unclean crafts. In some towns, street names such as Löhergasse
such as Löhergasse or Lohgerberstraße still recall the craft.

The series was engraved for a diorama project in the Goslar Pewter Figurine Museum.
Diorama using also my figures by Hans Reiner Berthold:

You can find more information here: http://rheingaugeschichte.blogspot.com/2019/HH14 - Waldglashütte
(HH14a = Glasbläser; HH14b  = Glasbläser; HH14c = Einträger; HH14d = Hocker mit Krug und Becher,
HH14e  = Knecht, Feuer schürend, HH14f = Meister am Tisch; HH14g = Knecht mit Sack;
HH14h = Träger mit Kiepe; HH14i = Träger Mulde; HH14j = Arbeiter, Mulde füllend;
HH14k = Ofen; HH14l = Holzstapel)

HH14 - Forest glassworks
(HH14a = glassblower; HH14b = glassblower; HH14c = porter; HH14d = stool with jug and cup,
HH14e = servant stoking fire; HH14f = master at table; HH14g = servant with sack;
HH14h = porter with bucket; HH14i = porter trough; HH14j = labourer, filling trough;
HH14k = Stove; HH14l = Woodpile)

Forest glassworks were a special form of glass production in Central Europe in the Middle Ages until the early modern period. Due to the
the high demand for wood, the glassworks were located in forests in areas with few settlements, e.g. in the Bohemian Forest, in the southern
the Thuringian Forest, the Weserbergland, the Fichtelgebirge, the Spessart, the Black Forest, Alsace, Mecklenburg and also in Holland.

An important role in the development of forest glass was played by Emperor Charles IV, who brought glassmakers from Italy and France to Prague.
from Italy and France to Prague. Glassmaking clans migrated from Bohemia further and further west.

Forest glass can be recognised by the greenish colour of the glass and today replicas of this beautiful and unusual glass can be purchased.
and extraordinary glasses.


More figures of this series are in preparation!
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Re: Zinnfiguren Andrä
« Reply #10 on: January 28, 2021, 05:21:29 PM »
Very nice theme, wonderful engravings and matching painting!!!

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« Reply #9 on: January 28, 2021, 04:42:35 AM »
Craftsmen and traders II

HH07 The mobile baker
(HH07 - baker's cart, HH07a - baker, HH07b - assistant with basket)



Constance 1414-1418
The baker's cart depicted was created after Ulrich von Richental's chronicle of the Council of Constance.

In an experiment it could be proved that this or similar carts could actually have been in use. The oven, made of fireclay bricks and clay and mounted on a cart, was heated with an open fire. Afterwards, the stored heat enabled a whole range of baked goods, e.g. pies, to be baked and sold directly at the market.

HH08 - The bale binder
(HH08 - Bale binder; HH08a - Journeyman; HH08b - Ropes;
HH08c and d - Bales)



The bale-binder, or the actual packers and loaders, must pack fine and also coarse goods in mats, canvas, wax or packing cloth, in barrels and boxes, in order to protect them from rain and snow, tie them up tightly and lay the goods so that they are stored in the best possible way. The ordinary public bale-binders appointed by the authorities in large towns are obliged to keep an account of the goods packed by them, at which place they worked for which merchant. How many mats, packing canvas, wax or packing cloth, ropes, twine, straw were used and what wages were paid.

HH09 The dyer
(HH09 - dyer, HH09a - assistant , HH09b - dyer's tub; HH09c - women, washing cloth,
HH09d - drying rack, HH09e - sack, HH09f - basket)



The following names can be found, Fläminger (Flemish cloth dyer), Graufärber (grey dyer), Rauschfärber (black dyer), Schönfärber (dyer who uses light colours), Waidfärber (blue dyer).

Washing, mordanting, dyeing (figures HH09 to HH09 b) and rinsing (figure HH09c) were and are the essential operations of the craft.
The work of the dyers was naturally associated with a high environmental impact on nature as well as on the people. High water consumption led to the concentration of workshops along flowing waters. Where this was the case can still be seen today in street names such as Färbergasse or the Färbertor in Nuremberg.

The dyers' task was to give yarns or fabrics a certain, often precisely prescribed colour. Originally, only natural dyes were used, preferably from plants (fruits, seeds, flowers, roots, leaves, wood, bark, herbs), but minerals and animal products were also used.

HH10 The pelvic beater
(HH10 - cymbal beater, HH10a - woman with cymbal, HH10b - table with finished products, HH10c - stool with sheets, HH10d - sheet metal shears, HH10e - wall shelf with cymbals/dishes, HH10f - wall shelf with tools)



Cymbal beaters processed sheet brass. Recurring motifs and embossed shapes suggest some serial production. Diameters of the cymbal beater bowls range between 35 and 60 cm, they have a wide rim ("flag") and were usually decorated with hallmarking and drift work. Older pieces (15th century) are only decorated with a central, radially symmetrical flower motif in free drift work. From about 1500 onwards, individual motifs were driven into the sheet metal with the help of dies. Common motifs include sequences of letters, which often do not make any sense, rosettes of fish bubbles, and depictions of Adam and Eve. Rarer motifs: evangelist symbols, the Lamb of God or the Annunciation.

HH11 Market woman
(HH11 - market woman, HH11a - customer, HH11b - table with baked goods)



HH-MS01 Market stall with baked goods
(Kit consisting of table top, stand and various bakery products) HH-MS02 Market stall with tableware
(kit consisting of table top, stand and various dishes)



The market stalls can be easily assembled, e.g. with 2-component glue, or the tabletop can be used as a shop in a window in the diorama. The small parts are each enclosed twice, so that you can represent a relatively "full" table, but also a less well stocked one.


HH12 - salt hemmer
(HH12a-c = hemmer; HH12d-e = hem horses; HH12f-g = hemmer; HH12h-i = hem horses; HH12j-l = armed escorts; HH12m-o = pinners (loads with barrels or sacks))



With this series, which always includes one of the horses and the 3 load picks twice, pack trains can be depicted in terrain that is impassable for carts. For example, the transport of salt over mule tracks, the Golden Trail in the Bavarian Forest and Bohemian Forest, which connected Bohemia with the Danube at Linz and Passau respectively. The salt was filled into barrels and 2 of these were transported per horse. In addition to the salt, other goods were also transported, which is why a clip-on with the sacks is also available. Other alternative loads will follow, which will then be offered as optional accessories. By means of the attachments, additional horses can be used for the representation, which can add additional variety to the designed scene. In the KLIO magazine No. 12-2006 there is a very comprehensive article on the subject (a figure of a mule driver was presented at that time ...), to which I can add nothing further.

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Martin Andrä

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Re: Zinnfiguren Andrä
« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2021, 03:02:26 AM »
Lovely. I certainly will visit your stall at Kulmbach.
Do you know this: https://hausbuecher.nuernberg.de/   Craftsmen, craftsmen and... craftsmen.
These house books were the impetus for this series of figures. Some of them were created afterwards and there will be more to come. This can develop into a life's work and in the meantime there are a good 90 individual figures.
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Re: Zinnfiguren Andrä
« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2021, 01:06:08 AM »
Great Martin !!! Compliments!   ;) :D ;D
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Re: Zinnfiguren Andrä
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2021, 11:28:29 PM »
A great new to see here Martin.

Fine engreving, and very interesting catalog!

You're welcome !  ;D

Claudio

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Re: Zinnfiguren Andrä
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2021, 05:57:20 PM »
Agree! well good to see Martin here ;)

Re: Zinnfiguren Andrä
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2021, 04:31:42 PM »
Wow, very enlightening and beautiful work--engraving, editing, and painting.  Great to see.
JBA

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« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2021, 03:14:14 PM »
Hi Martin,


Nice to see You and Your figures in the Forum!!


Like them!!!


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« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2021, 01:23:40 PM »
Lovely. I certainly will visit your stall at Kulmbach.
Do you know this: https://hausbuecher.nuernberg.de/   Craftsmen, craftsmen and... craftsmen.


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Zinnfiguren Andrä
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2021, 12:05:19 PM »
I am new here in the forum, but I have already engraved pewter figures for 45 years, in the meantime 1400 of them have been created under my hands. I will now present the figures that are available from me here step by step:

I will start here with the dealers and craftsmen, an exciting and never-ending topic:

Drawings and engravings Martin Andrä
Craftsmen and traders I
HH01 The Bagman
(HH01a - bench with pieces of cloth/leather)

Beutlers were leather craftsmen who made dainty leather or cloth pouches to be worn on the belt for coins and small belongings. These pouches consisted of a circular piece of leather with a perforated edge for a string to be pulled through. Such spherical or pear-shaped pouches were used mainly as money bags until modern times.
The looter depicted here is sewing a pouch. An almost finished bag, pieces of leather or fabric and a pair of scissors hanging on the side of the table are lying on the table. Already finished bags are hanging from the suggested framework. Pieces of leather or fabric are lying on the adjacent bench.

HH02 The cloth rower
(HH02a - Stool with cards, HH02b - Stack of cloth)

In the further processing of woollen cloth, it was necessary to loosen the surface again after the cloth had been compressed by fulling. The cloth roughener roughens the cloth with a card, which consists of a wooden frame and card thistles fixed on it in several rows. As the wear and tear on cards was quite great, he always had a large supply of them lying around.

HH03 The card maker
(HH03a - basket with card thistles, HH03b finished cards
cards, lined up in a box)


The card maker is sitting at a table with a basket of card thistles beside him. He arranges these card thistles next to each other to form a lax tuft, which he then lashes with cords and ties onto a frame - consisting of a handle with two crossbars - for better handling by the cloth weaver.

HH04 The pergamenter
(HH04a - Tensioning frame, HH04b - Calcareous trough, HH04c - Stool with scraper)

The pergamenter shown here smoothes the dry skin stretched on a frame.

The skin was previously soaked for several weeks in the ashtray - a solution of lime and water - and then rinsed, fleshed, depilated and rinsed again several times. In contrast to tanning, the skin is now stretched on a frame and dried. This tension is now constantly corrected, partially re-moistened, in order to achieve even drying. The best parchment is made from the skin of calves. Almost all of the valuable Gospels and splendid Bibles of the Middle Ages that have survived are written on calf parchment. Mostly, however, sheepskin was used to make parchment, as these animals were available in large quantities.

HH05 The Cloth Shearer
(HH05a - Catching rack for the finished cloth,
HH05b - wall board with cloth shears)


The cloth shearer shown here smoothes the surface of the cloth previously worked on by the cloth shearer. To do this, he cuts off protruding threads with the cloth scissors. The cloth shear is a special shear with wide, long blades, the lower of which was called a lieger and the upper a runner.

HH06 The bookkeeper
(HH06a - barrel, HH06b - stool with books,
AL03 - writing desk)

A bookman trades with books. These were stored in wooden barrels for transport and thus protected from the weather. The bookseller depicted here takes out or fills barrels with books.

More here: https://www.zinnfiguren-andrae.de/HPAndr%C3%A4/?page_id=286
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Greetings
Martin Andrä

https://www.zinnfiguren-andrae.de