Ceramic Vases gilded with 24ct Gold Leaf
- by Chris
Homemade and hand painted White Ceramic vases gilded with 24ct Gold Leaf, 24ct Gold Leaf is available on our website on the following page.
https://www.stonehouses.co.uk/gold-imitation-leaf/gold-leaf.html
Traditional Japanese Art Work gilded using Gold Leaf
- by Chris
The striking Kano School Old and Young Bamboo, another pair of six-panel screens, from around 1640 – 1650, features ground-breaking design elements of the early 17th century Kano School: rather than show nature in full, the artist crops the tops and bottoms of some of the trees to create a...
The Winchester Bible featuring Gold Leaf
- by Chris
Using a goose feather quill, a solitary scribe spent four years writing the words in Latin on the skins of 250 calves, before six artists began sumptuous illuminations using gold leaf and lapis lazuli from Afghanistan. Although it was never quite finished, the Winchester Bible finally weighed in at the...
Traditional Byzantine Icon painting techniques - by Peter Murphy
- by Chris
Kent based icon painter Peter Murphy travelled to Calgary in Canada in the first week of August to teach a group from SAGA , the Sacred Arts Guild of Alberta, traditional Byzantine Icon painting techniques. The course was held at St Stephens Ukrainian Church and was a huge success, thanks...