Tuesday, October 02, 2012

Gilding and Patinating

I've been working on gilding with silver leaf and patinating with liver of sulfer (sulfurated potash). The colour of the glaze under the leaf as well as the duration of the 'soak' has a noticeable effect on the look of the gilding .

The first piece was underglazed with Indian red gouache and fumed for an hour.


Sycamore hollow form 8" x 5"
Silver leaf, ebony, and faux bone
Top view



The platter was under glazed with gold enamel then gilded with copper and silver on top. Again it was fumed for an hour.
Sycamore platter 14" x 2 1/2"
Silver on top of copper leaf, textured band with gilding cream
Top view

The urn was under glazed with red and blue acrylic and fumed for about 45 minutes. A leaf pattern was textured around the top with a pyro tool.

Beech urn 12" x 5"
zebrano and ebony cap

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

all your work is stunning,i look many woodturners's website,but your work is touch me.you really know wood,i really admire your work and your disponibility sharing knowledge(i just started to look woodworker forum)
sorry for this words like thunders, but it was like "sthendal sindrome" happened to me,lookin'your work..Paolo from italy

Drusy said...

Beautiful stuff Sweetie! love you

Carl Hackman said...
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Carl Hackman said...

Great work, it would be very appreciated if you could describe the process used as I would love to try it on some of m turned bowls.

The Baker's Oven said...

Hi Billy! Is the beech urn like the one you are working on for mom? I want to buy some of your creations. How do I do that?

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