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Unlocking
the Secrets of
Medieval Painters and Illuminators
ABOUT THE GILDING CHAPTER:
Never before has such an extensive collection of recipes been put together for manuscript gilding. Raised gessoes and flat mordants and tack and breath techniques are all represented. Each recipe has been copiously documented and tested and the troubleshooting section is extensive. There is also an in depth exploration of the spiritual symbolism of gilding and gold.
CHAPTER CONTENTS:
The Background of Gilding
The Story of Gilding
Gold Leaf in Illumination
What Artists Treatises say about Gilding Gessoes
and Mordants
The Spiritual Symbolism of Gilding
Lighting
The Symbolic Meaning of Gold
Spirituality and Technique
Technical Information
What is Gold Leaf
Techniques
The Proper Conditions for Gilding
How to Gild
Breath Techniques
Flat Gilding
Semi-Raised and
Raised Gilding
Tack Techniques
Flat Gilding
Raised Gilding
Burnishing
Flat Gilding
Raised Gilding
Chysography (Painting with Shell Gold
and Other Metal Paints)
Tooling and Stamping
Raised Mordant Techniques
Soft Paper Techniques
Recipes
Recipes for Mordants and Gessoes
Flat Gilding Recipes
Breath Technique: Gilder’s Garlic,
Parchment Size, Gilder’s Malt,
Aloe, Fish Glue, PVA
Tack Technique: Gum Ammoniac
Semi-Raised Recipes
Breath Technique:
Gum Ammoniac with Fish
Glue, Fish Glue, PVA
Raised Gilding Recipes
Breath Technique: Aloe B, Aloe
C, Traditional Gesso Sottile
(Four Variations)
Tack Technique: LeBegue’s
Fabric and Leather Gesso
Other Recipes
Slaked Plaster
Shell Metal Paint
Troubleshooting
Glossary
Some Flat & Raised Gilding ExamplesS
as seen in Lapis & GoldS
View Other Chapters From Lapis & Gold:
The Pigment Almanac (A reference guide to pigments)
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