[Jewelry making - Article 00649] - Re: [Orchid] Gold leaf

[Noel Yovovich]

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>         I have some gold leaf. What can I do with it--Keum-boo? 
 

    Gold leaf is way too thin for keum-boo. But you can apply it to
    other metals or materials the same way it is used to gild letters
    for illumination in antique (or modern) manuscripts. Apply a coating
    of gesso or acrylic matt medium, let it dry, then lay the leaf over
    it and burnish it on. Never touch gold leaf with your fingers; use a
    tiny paint brush with a trace of moisture on it to lift and move it.
    Small pieces may be blown away by incautious breathing, but exhaling
    on a piece slowly with wide-open mouth (like for cleaning glasses,
    but less vigorously) may help it stick. This can look very gorgeous,
    but should be reserved for protected areas, as it is somewhat
    delicate. You can put as many layers as you think you need, without
    more gesso--the gold should stick to itself with careful burnishing.
    A hematite burnisher is traditional, but I imagine steel would work.
    Gold leaf has a particular look, usually-- the edges don't usually
    become invisible over each other. Noel (who did many years of calligraphy 
    and illustration to stay fed)


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