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My grandma's wisdom on marriage "Cooking lasts, kissing don't." My grandfather and I refinished a cabinet and stained it. He had us smoothing out the stain wi
by chubbard 17y ago
My grandma's wisdom on marriage "Cooking lasts, kissing don't."
My grandfather and I refinished a cabinet and stained it. He had us smoothing out the stain with our bare hands because the brushes left strokes in the stain while telling me original stains where made from ashes and dirt. Hence the name of stains like burnt sienna. I don't know if he was pulling my leg or just talking crazy, but I love that experience much more than a google search. I still laugh about how crazy that day was.
- evgen 17y agoHe was correct. That pigment came from oxidized (burnt) clay that was originally mined around Siena, Italy. If you visit the city (highly recommended) you should catch a sunset in the piazza there and watch the rays of the setting sun play across the buildings constructed with bricks from this same clay; you will never wonder about the origin of that color again :)