Wholesale Source for Frescoes

[Suresh Jayanthi]

HI:

I run an online art store in India, www.artjini.com. I am interested in sourcing Frescoes. Can somebody suggest reliable sources. I know www.mariani-affreschi.com is one. Would somebody know of an alternate.

Cheers

Suresh

[RParrish]

Frescos are painting done on wet freshly applied plaster, typically on a wall or ceiling and are site specific, thats like looking for a source for murals. Are you sure your looking for frescos?

[GUMBY, GCF]

I don't think he is looking for the authentic fresco painting but the technique of “strappo”

After having created the fresco you must then wait for the painted plaster to dry completely. A canvas is glued onto the latter and is then stripped. This way the painting is removed, which remains stuck to the canvas in a "negative". You then move on to the "retrieval" phase to transfer the "positive" of the painting.

A second canvas is glued to the back of the first one, the first glue is dissolved, the first canvas is removed and the fresco has been transferred to the second.
This method is called "Calicot" or the "strappo method".
Thanks to this procedure we can obtain authentic frescos on canvas.

The finished fresco can be fixed onto a frame and hung like a picture, or sent without a frame to then be stuck directly to a wall or other support.
Thanks to the handcrafted nature of the procedure we can make frescoes in any shape or size.

PS this was copied from the site he linked to....

[Suresh Jayanthi]

I don't think he is looking for the authentic fresco painting but the technique of “strappo”

After having created the fresco you must then wait for the painted plaster to dry completely. A canvas is glued onto the latter and is then stripped. This way the painting is removed, which remains stuck to the canvas in a "negative". You then move on to the "retrieval" phase to transfer the "positive" of the painting.

A second canvas is glued to the back of the first one, the first glue is dissolved, the first canvas is removed and the fresco has been transferred to the second.
This method is called "Calicot" or the "strappo method".
Thanks to this procedure we can obtain authentic frescos on canvas.

The finished fresco can be fixed onto a frame and hung like a picture, or sent without a frame to then be stuck directly to a wall or other support.
Thanks to the handcrafted nature of the procedure we can make frescoes in any shape or size.

PS this was copied from the site he linked to....
Hi, Thanks for pointing out. I was referring to the Strappo technique. Would you know of anybody who does this

Suresh