Vert De Mer

[Jeremy]

Been a bit quite on the graining Marbling forum recently so thought it about time to post something new


This is a small section of the panel i am currently working on, panel size , 4 feet by 18 inches, (will post pic of complete panel when finished )

[1st year apprentice]

that I like Jerimy. What size is That section.

Brian

[Jeremy]

Hi Brian , this section roughtly 20''x 16 inches
Again camera pics not great , here's another , i think colour shows up slightly better in this one !

[sonol'artista]

great balance of open and detailed sections....magic!

[cleta]

Wow. Nice work - very believable.

[Jeremy]

Thanks Theresa, & Cleta , your kind coments are much appreciated,
these are more pics for my website , I'm getting really excited about having one

[matsdekor]

Hi Jeremy
Nice piece you have there.

I took a picture in Paris long time ago of a real Vert de mer.

There is a lot of different types of green marbles.
However I been told the real Vert de mer has it´s origin from turkey
and this is said to be a real Vert de mer
It's found in the window of a very small butcher shop in the outside of Paris

[Jeremy]

Hi Mats , that a lovely pic , i have some nice pics which where taken at a building i worked in last year for Historic Scotland , this mansion house has many fire places of real marble , white vein, Brecia violet , red languedoc , a beautiful grey one ,( but don't know what that ones called) , & a table top which is vert antique, there ,is also a big vase or basin type peice which is I'm sure vert de mer , it can be very confusing as like you say there are so many different types of green marble .

Later i will try and upload some of these pics i took


Here goes, these three I'm sure are vert de mer

[Jeremy]

First two vert antique , last one brecia violet ... correct me if I'm wrong

[strongv]

Why does Brecia always look like head cheese to me?

[anita]

breccia always looks like head cheese because they are made the same way. Large and small chunks of aggregate (rocks or pieces of fat and meat) all glued together with a slurry that has hardened (fossilized mud or aspic)

Anita

[strongv]

LOL

[lisascenic]

There's a hospital in Baltimore that has some serious Head Cheese Columns. Or something halfway between Head Cheese and Pimento Loaf.

[PetiteMarie]

I took those in Versailles castle. I'm 99% sure the green marble on border is Vert de mer...

Tips from my van der Kelen's notes:
Origin: Italy, France (Alps & Corsica)
Palette: White, Prussian blue, Chrome yellow, yellow ocher, black.
Background: black

Goes well with: Griotte d'Italie, Yellow Sienna, Sarrancolin, Grand Antique, Rouge Royal, Breche violette, Breche Caroline.
Use for: paneling, column, pedestal, frontage, chimney.

[Jeremy]

Hi Marie , Thanks for sharing your palette , the colours i used where , Viridian green yellow ochre raw umber , white , black ground !
I'm sure that border on the table is vert antique , i may be wrong ..

[PetiteMarie]

You must be right! I took that picture long time ago and don't recall exactly the look of the border from close view, but the white stones are typical (where was my head when I said it was Vert de mer? ) .
Actually, I took the pic for the bigger main panel (which marble it it BTW? Any clue?).

[Jeremy]

I really don't have a clue what that marble is , I'm only really familiar with a few, I'm sure someone will know