My biblionautic chums and friends.
ONLY 2 SPACES NOW AVAILABLE
A Studio 5 Master Class.
9th of June 2024. Venue... Studio 5, S W London.
A one day introduction to using Gold Leaf without heat. Traditionally gold leaf is used in the titling of tooling of designs on books using glare, heat and expensive hand tools. The Cold Gold workshop opens up an intriguing number of ways to use gold leaf to create any number of design possibilities.
The day starts with preparing 3 leather covered plaquettes in preparation for 3 variations in Cold Gold techniques. Following a demonstration of a number of leather manipulation techniques, including ‘Maril’, a technique of creating a multitude of shapes and forms with leather, pioneered by Philip Smith. One of the plaquettes will be prepared using any number of the techniques demonstrated. The two remaining plaquettes with flat leather (non manipulated leather).
As the day progresses, mini demonstrations will introduce the participants to ‘Sunago’; a Japanese form of using flaked gold leaf, this will include how to make a sieve tube to achieve the desired effect, press and cut work and direct ‘Form’ pressing. Following the mini demonstrations the participants will have the opportunity to create and synthesise the techniques to create distinctive plaquettes that offer a number of design solutions and pathways.
Only 2 places available. For further information, times, fees etc please email ....
studio5bookarts@aol.co.uk
Please note.... there are other studios/binderies/ doing stuff, spelling and grammar. Please further note, the opinion of the author may change at any moment. This is due to having an open mind of sorts.
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