Hydromel
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Description
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.
Synonyms and Related Terms
plasticizer
Resources and Citations
- 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, https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000