Instructional DVD Eddie Ching's, Making a Quill Pen DVD (running time 9:16 mins.) contains step by step guidance on making quill pens (feather pens) similar to those used by great artists, throughout history. This video was included in the exhibition; Drawings by Rembrandt, his Students and Circle, at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT, September 24, 2011 - January 8, 2012. Instructional steps demonstrated in the Making a Quill Pen DVD video include: 1. Preparing the feather to be heated, 2. Heating the Feather in Hot Sand, 3. Forming a Tip, 4. Making a Brass Reservoir, 5. Flattening the Brass Reservoir, 6. Installing the Brass Reservoir, 7. Loading the Pen with Ink, 8. Drawing with a Quill Pen, 9. Cleaning the Quill Pen, 10. Storing the Quill Pen. below: stills from the DVD video, Making a Quill Pen. |
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