Traditional Water Gilding, July 17-20
Guest Instructor: Alison Woolley from Florence Italy.
We are excited to have guest instructor Master Decorative Painter and Gilder Alison Woolley, direct from Florence come to teach this 4 day class in tradition techniques of water gilding.
This class focuses on methods in traditional gilding. These are methods that were employed historically to gild wooden surfaces and make these surfaces look like solid gold. Methods in surface preparation with discussions on preparing rabbit skin glue and chalk gesso, bole clay and different karats of gold. Students will learn how to gild on flat and carved surfaces and how to burnish the gold to create the look of solid gold.
Tools needed: All students should bring a gilder’s tip, gilder’s mop, sable brush, gilder’s pad, gilder’s knife and agate burnisher.
Tools can be purchased through the following retailers:
Canada: Gwartzman’s Art Supplies | Dragging the Line
United States: W&B Gold Leaf | Sepp Leaf
Consider joining the Society of Gilders and receive $50.00 off!
Please contact us directly with your membership and we will deduct $50.00
Guest Instructor: Alison Woolley from Florence Italy.
We are excited to have guest instructor Master Decorative Painter and Gilder Alison Woolley, direct from Florence come to teach this 4 day class in tradition techniques of water gilding.
This class focuses on methods in traditional gilding. These are methods that were employed historically to gild wooden surfaces and make these surfaces look like solid gold. Methods in surface preparation with discussions on preparing rabbit skin glue and chalk gesso, bole clay and different karats of gold. Students will learn how to gild on flat and carved surfaces and how to burnish the gold to create the look of solid gold.
Tools needed: All students should bring a gilder’s tip, gilder’s mop, sable brush, gilder’s pad, gilder’s knife and agate burnisher.
Tools can be purchased through the following retailers:
Canada: Gwartzman’s Art Supplies | Dragging the Line
United States: W&B Gold Leaf | Sepp Leaf
Consider joining the Society of Gilders and receive $50.00 off!
Please contact us directly with your membership and we will deduct $50.00
Guest Instructor: Alison Woolley from Florence Italy.
We are excited to have guest instructor Master Decorative Painter and Gilder Alison Woolley, direct from Florence come to teach this 4 day class in tradition techniques of water gilding.
This class focuses on methods in traditional gilding. These are methods that were employed historically to gild wooden surfaces and make these surfaces look like solid gold. Methods in surface preparation with discussions on preparing rabbit skin glue and chalk gesso, bole clay and different karats of gold. Students will learn how to gild on flat and carved surfaces and how to burnish the gold to create the look of solid gold.
Tools needed: All students should bring a gilder’s tip, gilder’s mop, sable brush, gilder’s pad, gilder’s knife and agate burnisher.
Tools can be purchased through the following retailers:
Canada: Gwartzman’s Art Supplies | Dragging the Line
United States: W&B Gold Leaf | Sepp Leaf
Consider joining the Society of Gilders and receive $50.00 off!
Please contact us directly with your membership and we will deduct $50.00