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French term or phrase:
se mettre à la maille
English translation:
consider the scale/scope
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Aug 16, 2010 00:19
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French term
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se mettre à la maille
French to English
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
sculpture
Disposant d'une surface abondante, [l'artiste] a differents problemes a resoudre. D'abord se mettre a la maille. Tente par la construction de pieces tres elevees, pour defier les tours en une sorte de complexe de Babel, il doit aussi les acheminer.
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Aug 16, 2010 00:38: Travelin Ann changed "Term asked" from "se mettre a la maille " to "se mettre à la maille "
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consider the scale/scope
Given the context this makes sense.
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Comment: "C'est toi, alors! "
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put it on the (woven) wire mesh
http://www.essortment.com/all/armaturewire_rkxg.htm
How to make a sculptural wire armature
There are many practical variations to this technique of adding to the armature. One that I have found very useful is to place cloth socked in plaster over the wire mesh
http://www.themeshcompany.com/acatalog/Woven_Wire_Mesh_For_S...
The materials in this range of woven wire mesh are very strong, long lasting and fantastic to work with.
Our range of Woven Wire mesh, A3 sheets, that are ideal for sculpture and model making.
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Or, "apply it onto the wire mesh."
How to make a sculptural wire armature
There are many practical variations to this technique of adding to the armature. One that I have found very useful is to place cloth socked in plaster over the wire mesh
http://www.themeshcompany.com/acatalog/Woven_Wire_Mesh_For_S...
The materials in this range of woven wire mesh are very strong, long lasting and fantastic to work with.
Our range of Woven Wire mesh, A3 sheets, that are ideal for sculpture and model making.
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Note added at 33 mins (2010-08-16 00:53:19 GMT)
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Or, "apply it onto the wire mesh."
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There are many practical variations to this technique of adding to the armature. One that I have found very useful is to place cloth socked in plaster over the wire mesh
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David Vaughn
: This seems like a possibility, if the text is indeed dealing with sculpture of this sort. It would be nice if the asker could confirm. I would guess there is a clearer and more common term for constructing the armature. "Get started on the armature"?
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Thank you, David! I based my answer on what I could glean from the example.
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odd - to access the armature
I wonder why this expression is used. It SEEMS to mean "start work", akin to se mettre à l'ouvrage, se mettre au métier (loom).
However I fail to see why that should be a problème à résoudre, unless of course this artist is of the layabout type!
Maybe, rather, se mettre à means "to access", i.e. given that his work is tall, he needs special access equipment to be able to apply whatever material to the (wire?) armature underlying his work.
However I fail to see why that should be a problème à résoudre, unless of course this artist is of the layabout type!
Maybe, rather, se mettre à means "to access", i.e. given that his work is tall, he needs special access equipment to be able to apply whatever material to the (wire?) armature underlying his work.
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consider the interlocking (system)
* A hunch - I got there via "maille" as used in crystallography.
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