OTΤOMAN PALA RESTORATION

delor · 16th December 2010, 10:52 AM

Hi Aristeidis,

are you using the same king of resin as for art painting (gutte, dammar, copal...) ?
The gutte resin (Cambodgian "garcina morella") color reminds me the color of some ancient oriental sword sealings, but copal resin, which is from India would be more geographically accurate. What do you think ?

libra · 17th December 2010, 09:20 AM

Hi Delor
I don't now exactly what type of resin is.
Here we buy it from the shop as simple resin with no special name

But i beleive it is copal!!
I hope those two photos help you more!!

All the best
Aristeidis

delor · 18th December 2010, 01:25 PM

Thank you Aristeidis !
This resin is surprisingly red. It looks like myrrh, but is probably not (unless you by it from a monastery !). Might be from some local tree. Thanks anyway.

Kind regards,
Bernard.

17th December 2010, 09:20 AM	#2
libra Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: GREECE Patras Posts: 40	Hi Delor I don't now exactly what type of resin is. Here we buy it from the shop as simple resin with no special name But i beleive it is copal!! I hope those two photos help you more!! All the best Aristeidis Attached Images

16th December 2010, 10:52 AM	#1
delor Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Marseille - France Posts: 73	Hi Aristeidis, are you using the same king of resin as for art painting (gutte, dammar, copal...) ? The gutte resin (Cambodgian "garcina morella") color reminds me the color of some ancient oriental sword sealings, but copal resin, which is from India would be more geographically accurate. What do you think ?

18th December 2010, 01:25 PM	#3
delor Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Marseille - France Posts: 73	Thank you Aristeidis ! This resin is surprisingly red. It looks like myrrh, but is probably not (unless you by it from a monastery !). Might be from some local tree. Thanks anyway. Kind regards, Bernard.