A Gilder's Journal
Blog URL http://www.gildingstudio.blogspot.com
Located Seattle, Washington USA
Tags gilding, gold leaf, gold leaf gilding, water gilding, oil gilding, mordant gilding, glass gilding, verre eglomise, gilding classes
Awide variety of gilding topics that address various technical issues of the gilder's craft. Of special interest to gilding students and as an archive for research. Comments are welcome.
Latest Blog Posts
- The Big Man Arrives: Peace Man Stops by for Seattle Opening on Nov 5, 2009
The parcel water gilded, contemporary wood sculpture, otherwise known as Peace Man, made his debut at the Wright Exhibition Gallery in Seattle October 10, 2009. During the private opening party, Peace Man opened up his heart to be gilded in 22 kt gol...
- The Gilding of a Wooden Sculpture on Oct 7, 2009
A gallery opening this week will be including an oil gilded silver leafed frame I did for a painting of Napolean by friend and colleague Paul Conrad (Napolean looks suspiciously like Paul himself, but that's another story). The show this weekend will...
- Louis XIV: The man and the King...Exhibition at Chateau de Versailles on Sep 22, 2009
A first-time major exhibition dedicated to Louis XIV, the Sun King, to be shown at the Palace of Versailles October 20, 2009 to February 7, 2010. It is during the reign of Louis XIV that the practice of gold leaf gilding, most noteably water gilding,...
- on Sep 13, 2009
Gold Leaf Gilding WorkshopNovember 6, 7, 8, 2009Washington State Convention CenterAn Introduction to Traditional Water GildingThis popular intensive workshop has been expanded to a 3-day course of study, introducing the student to the traditional met...
- The Dutch Black Finish for Picture Frames on Aug 5, 2009
The predilection for frame finishes during 17th century Holland steered away from the opulence of the gold leaf gilded frames being produced at the time in France and Italy. Tastes tended more towards simpler, earthier tones as seen on the frames of...
- 24kt Gold Leaf on Glass: An experiment of the electrical properties of gilded glass on May 27, 2009
Occasionally I have requests from those conductingscientific research about the prospectof providing gilding on glass. However,until recently, I didn’t know whether any ofthe traditional binders would interfere with therequired electrical conductiv...
- A Model of Napoleon’s Coach Receives the Royal Treatment on Feb 28, 2009
In 1931 the General Motors International Craftsman’s Guild was established by the Fisher Body Division of General Motors to support youth craftsmanship. They sponsored a national Napoleonic Coach contest to build an exact working model to scale of...
