Traditional Water Gilding for Beveled Edge Frame Mats
Create luminous, hand-gilded bevels on mat board using clay bole and genuine gold leaf.
This class explores the traditional water gilding process as it applies to beveled edge frame mats. You will learn how to seal and prepare mat board, apply clay bole, water gild with genuine gold leaf, and burnish to a bright mirror finish.
Techniques demonstrated here connect directly to historic frame making and conservation work, and are ideal for advanced framing shops, fine art presentations, and special exhibition pieces.
Gilding Workshop
Traditional Water Gilding for Beveled Edge Frame Mats
Designed for the Custom Picture Framer, this class takes the student through each step of the beautiful ancient method of traditional water gilding. This particular method of gilding brings an enhanced elegance to the beveled edge of frame mats often used for photographs and works of art on paper.
Students will learn to make and apply rabbit skin glue and gesso while gilding two class projects in 23kt gold leaf and 12kt white gold leaf over a choice of red, black, or blue clay boles. Gilding will be burnished bright and rubbed to reveal the underlying clay color.
Join us for this exciting and rare opportunity to learn this method of gilding as applied to the beveled edges of Frame Matting!
| Date | Location | Time | Price | Status | Register Now |
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| New Class comng soon | ZOOM | TBD | $290.00 | AVAILABLE | TBD |
| CDWG/KIT
Use discount code at checkout - provided by instructor - to save even more! |
Also available, Sepp Leaf Professional Water Gilding Kits. Water Gilding Tool Kit, with gesso (whiting), rabbit skin glue, clay bole and genuine 22kt Gold leaf and our Water Gilding Materials Kit, including Gilders Tip brush, gilding pad and gilding knife at Water Gilding Kits.
| 213K/3.5
$ 90.00 Pure Sable Kolinsky - Single - 3.5" width x 2" Length - French |
Gilder's Tip | |
| MA13 $ 68.50 MA13 Agate stone burnisher - Wood Handle - German |
Agate Burnisher | |
| 61/2
$ 23.00 Pure Kazan Squirrel - Pointed Mop - Quill Ferrule - Wood Handle - French |
8mm Brush | |
| 625/1 $ 32.00 Mixed Squirrel - 1" Tapered - Metal Ferrule - Wood Handle - German |
1" Brush | |
| GK/S $ 39.00 Gilders Knife - Single edge with square tip 5½" blade |
Gilders Knife | |
| GP/D $ 74.00 Gilders Pad, Delux 7" x 9.1/2" W/O SHIELD - Italian |
Gilders Pad | |
| CARB3/1 $ 15.00 Florence Rouge Whiting - Gesso powder - 1 lb |
Dry Gesso | |
| RSG330/1 $ 28.00 Framers Glue - Rabbit Skin Glue - German Fine Granulated - 1 lb |
Rabbit Skin Glue 1lb. | |
| 3355P/5 $ 54.00 Selhamin Red Bole - 5oz jar - Wet |
Red Bole - Clay | |
| MA23.00DB/B Manetti Brand - 23kt Double Gold Leaf Book - Loose Leaf - 18 grams |
23kt Gold Leaf |
