Difference between revisions of "Hydromel"

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An old name for a mixture of Honey and Water that was used as a Plasticizer in watercolor paints (Mayer 1969). Hydromel ferments to form mead.

plasticizer

R. Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row, New York, 1969.

R. Mayer, The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques, Viking Press, New York, 1981

Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)

Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000

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 == Description ==
-An old name for a mixture of [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=honey honey] and [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=water water] that was used as a [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=plasticizer plasticizer] in [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=watercolor%20paint watercolor paints] (Mayer 1969). Hydromel ferments to form mead.
+An old name for a mixture of [[honey]] and [[water]] that was used as a [[plasticizer]] in [[watercolor paint|watercolor paints]] (Mayer 1969). Hydromel ferments to form mead.
 == Synonyms and Related Terms ==