Making a parchment rose

Both harpsichords and Baroque guitars had soundholes decorated with roses. The material used for this decoration might surprise you: multiple layers of parchment, made from sheep's skin. See how the many layers come together in this video featuring Elena Dal Cortivo, a master rose maker.
This video is one of a series created with videographer, Gavin Turnball, for use in our 'Discovery Drawers' in the Wolfson Gallery at St Cecilia's Hall.

[@GOODlml]

This really quite amazing! Thank you!!

[@StCeciliasHall]

Glad you liked it! It is such a fascinating process.

[@SamLamingMusic]

So do you leave the paper design glued to the parchment?
Thanks, all the best!

[@coyotesuits]

beautiful work! what do you use for the cutting board?

[@andrzejwyka611]

Beautiful! What kind of paper do you use? I am just trying to do my first rose.

[@StCeciliasHall]

The maker used parchment paper, which is made of specially prepared untanned skins of animals-primarily sheep, calves, and goats. Some roses are also made of vellum - a finer quality of parchment made from young animal skins. You can find suppliers of parchment from various online retailers. For example www.williamcowley.co.uk/ is a good place to start.

[@andrzejwyka611]

Thank you, for your answer. I am fighting with pear veneer and different kind of paper trying to make the simplest possible rosette (Jacquemart-André vihuela) and nothing acceptable comes out it, but I am not giving up yet.