Article · The Bombay Lettering Company
GILDING 101
By The Bombay Lettering Company
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2022
About this lesson
A lettering studio's eight-stage raised-gilding walkthrough: sketching, spooning on gesso, preparing the surface, breathing on it to activate, laying leaf, burnishing through glassine and then directly, and cleaning edges.
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