Gesso recutting, water gilding in 23.75ct gold leaf

Advent gilding day 7. Recutting is what etching on gesso is called. water gilded with 23.75ct gold leaf and burnished. Gliding water, 4 parts water, 1 part isopropanol alcohol, a pinch of 12-1 rabbit skin glue.
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[@michaelflint4159]

Simple, yet so effective. Must dash,got a greasy kitchen ceiling to emulsion. Crud wont crack itself. These vids are sustaining me

[@hanfleet]

Wow. Looks great! I love that cross-hatching. :)

[@guildofsayntlukemedievalar9024]

Love this. You can't go wrong with any shiny metal and a cool design.

[@RichardMarindesign]

Thank you for sharing your amazing talent!

[@RuthTappinGilder]

@@RichardMarindesign you're welcome 😊

[@donnapolizzia8553]

love the burnished look

[@charlottewalker3810]

I'm loving these episodes!! Each ornament is so different!

[@RuthTappinGilder]

Thanks, I'm trying to use lots of different leaf colours, different techniques and different material. But there will be a lot that are water gilded or oil gilded, but I hope they are all different enough.
Are you going to have a go at one? 😁

[@sistersarann3819]

Oh how beautiful :)

[@libraryburrow]

Love this one - so pretty

[@venetianstudios5171]

This is such a great series, Ruth! I don't know how I missed it! Clearly, as a gilder, I need a tree like this for my place. Maybe it will be less enticing to my cat? I love the idea of making friends and family ornaments as well

[@RuthTappinGilder]

It was a lot of work but I really enjoyed being creative and gilding something different. You have just reminded me I need to come up with this years Christmas tree gift idea and not leave it till November as normal 😁

[@venetianstudios5171]

@@RuthTappinGilder the procrastination gene runs strong among artists, I think ;)

[@paulmaryon9088]

Brilliantly amazing!!! Thank you

[@LITTLEsquirrelz]

😀✨ Hurray! ✨😀

[@laraine2846]

This is a lovely advent idea, so inventive and inspiring, thank you. I shall try to recreate some of them.

[@lizsposato63]

OMG! So simple and yet so effective!! Beautiful!!
ps can I ask how many coats of gesso you applied? Thanks :)

[@RuthTappinGilder]

10 coats of gesdo with a 12-1 rabbit skin glue layer to begin with.

[@karenlsaunders]

Hi ruth, did you add anything to the water in the glass before you brushed it on the wooden borble?

[@RuthTappinGilder]

It's gilding water, the recipe is in the description of the water gilding for beginners video.

[@hilarywhite2953]

Question: Is there any way to do water gilding using transfer leaf? At least, on a flat surface?

[@RuthTappinGilder]

No sorry. The water pulls the loose leaf off your gilding tip. With tranfer it would wet the paper so the leaf would stick to that too

[@johannaspinks]

I have loved these videos. Thank you. Quick question: can one only burnish gold leaf over a red clay bole? I see you use the gold bole here too. I am a little confused by that. Does the red bole give a better burnish result than the gold?

[@RuthTappinGilder]

Thanks glad ypu enjoyed the videos. The only bole that's not great for burnishing is yellow bole. It's the amount of layers rather than the colour. The colours are different for different countries

[@johannaspinks]

@@RuthTappinGilder thanks so much. So three of four layers of red clay bole should give one a good burnish result with the gold leaf over it?

[@RuthTappinGilder]

@@johannaspinks I do 6 layers of bole. As long as they are well polished you should get a good burnish.

[@johannaspinks]

@@RuthTappinGilder thank you so much and thank you again for sharing so freely you hard earned knowledge.