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

Earring (Saturn) box and more

An earring box for Ali. Putting together a piece from multiple parts is time consuming but it's an enjoyable challenge to try and get the proportions right. The cherry was from a log in the woods behind our house which had been felled a number of years ago and there was only a little of solid timber to get out of it. Thanks to Gary Wall for his gift of some ebony blanks.

The second and third pieces each have a band of antiqued foil which is a new technique I'm working on.

The last two pieces have rims painted with iridescent paints.

Earring box in cherry and ebony
3 1/2" x 9"

Cherry bowl 7" x 4"

Sycamore platter 10" x 2"

Beech bowl 8" x 3"

Sycamore platter 15" x 2"