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Use all the beautiful techniques of real gold leafing: gilding on clear, unblasted glass (called burnished gilding, which produces a gold mirror finish), gilding sandblasted surfaces (matte gilding), controlled glue chipping, gilding glue chipped surfaces, using different colors of gold leaf, variegated leaf, abalone shell inlay, more. Co-taught by guest instructor Bill Hueg (a premier gold leaf artist who has been gold leafing for over 20 years). and Norm & Ruth Dobbins. Students in thts very intensive class are amazed at how much more there is to learn after the introductory gold leaf classes.
Gold
Leafing on Glass: Level 3
Gold leafing techniques
are not difficult to learn, but there are many techniques with lots of
steps to learn and remember. There are also endless different applications
and combinations of techniques. Because of this, an important part of
learning gold leafing is learning to strategize a project, to understand.
which techniques to do at what time during the project. This class will
address the problem by helping you understand just how to plan a gold
leaf project, as well as introducing more advanced techniques and concepts.
Students will not only learn how to do the project, but will go through
the planning stages with the instructors, doing sample pieces as they
go.
The etched and gold
leafed piece at right is a smaller, simpler version of the project you
will complete in this class. There is etching, carving, glue chipping,
burnished gilding, matte gilding, tinted sizes to color the gold, mica
powders and other techniques incorporated. Very few glass artists in this
country know these techniques or know the right way to organize the steps
to even be able to complete the project.On this project you will do everything,
from etching and glue chipping to completion. The size will be 16"
x 20" and the completed piece should have a value of between $3000 and $4000 when correctly completed - a remarkable situation!
This class is for students who have prior experience with gold leafing and who have laid a few sheets of gold.This class is offered only once every two years. If you do not have gold leafing experience, you will have to take either Gold Leafing, level 1 or Gold Leafing, level 2 (preferably both). See the schedule page for details.
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This beautiful piece
was a project that students completed in a recent advanced gold leafing
class. The project planned for the upcoming Gold Leaf 2 seminar will be
the same design in an even more elaborate version!
Important
note about class costs: The Level 1 class fee includes all materials.
The Level 3 fee DOES NOT include materials, because students can approach
the project in different ways, using different amounts of materials. See
the schedule page.
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