Water gilding is the gorgeous traditional technique of applying gold leaf over a specially prepared surface for a mirror-bright shiny result! I have wanted to learn how to do traditional water gilding for a long time.So I asked my colleague Melissa Goldman, an accomplished gilder and furniture restoration expert, to teach me and a few of my decorative painter friends. We decided to develop a class for experienced artisans wishing to enhance and refine their skills, hosted at my spacious studio in San Francisco.
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Check out the details below, and join us in December for three days of gold heaven!
Water Gilding 2 day Intensive
Saturday-Sunday December 12-13, 2009 9 AM - 5:30 PM
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Learn the history and principles of the ancient art of Water Gilding.
Hands-on preparation and application of historic, non-toxic materials such as gesso, bole, rabbit skin glue and gilding liquor.
Students will learn to lay genuine 22kt gold leaf.
Various patination techniques will also be discussed, demonstrated and applied.
We will water gild sample mouldings and create "burnished" and "matte" effects
Students will be able to take their samples home.
Class fee
Includes gilding materials: wooden picture frame and/or mouldings, 1 book of 22k gold leaf, cheese cloth, horse-hair cloth, 1lb.whiting, rabbit skin glue, wet dry sand paper, cotton, mixing sticks, Selhamin red and yellow clay, mica powder, shellac, rottenstone and raw and burnt umber earth pigments.
Includes tool kit valued at $120.00 with 2 brushes, a gilder’s tip, pad, agate burnisher, gilder’s knife, mop, vaseline, steel wool, and cotton.
Sgraffito 1 day workshop
Monday, December 14 , 2009 9 AM - 4 PM
Students will learn the traditional techniques of Sgrafitto; the art of painting a color over burnished gold, followed by using a soft tool to "scratch" designs and lines through the paint, thereby revealing the gold beneath. You can do very detailed ornament this way. Spectacular! A handmade bone tool will be provided to each student.
Class Fee: $275.
Please note: these are not beginner classes! Some previous experience handling metal leaf is helpful in learning this technique.
this class and more like it will be offered again soon. please check back for details.
Contact Lynne Rutter with questions, or to reserve space in these classes.
Melissa Goldman with some shining examples of her work
All images in this post ©Melissa Goldman.
3 comments:
Both these classes sound amazing! You can never stop learning with the gilding process. Wish I could attend...if you do have some future classes on Verre Eglomise -- please let my brother and I know. A trip to San Fran would be amazing to have in the future works!
that's very high on my list regina! i have a few people in mind
I love that people are learning these old skills so that they survive.
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