About

This class canceled by Pam G. on 3/5. The instructor will not be available due to virus precautions.~tt

This two session workshop is a rich and thorough introduction to laying patent gold leaf or a chance for you to revisit the process of laying gold leaf and texturing it in a variety of ways. Using thinned PVA as the base medium, we will use an array of tools and experiment with various papers and/or (calf) vellum, to create a series of samples and a decorated letter or small piece of your choice. This technique is accessible, beginning with finished samples in the first few hours of the first session.

The range of applications and effects may surprise you: tools as fine as your finest pointed brush or nib, to the broadest “hog hair” brush on a variety of papers. We will create flat (thin) leafed designs in five colors of gold leaf and palladium leaf on paper, and burnish (to create a brilliant shine) or texture our designs with various papers, cloth and thin metal or plastics to create dimension with debossing or goffering.

You may be dazzled by what can happen in two sessions, with each student doing a slightly different application by the finale of the class!

Suzanne uses this gilding technique in her artist’s book on an array of papers. She used it (with Donald Jackson's blessing) in her work on the vellum (skin) folios of the Saint John's Bible, because it is versatile and remains flexible on the pages of the books. It works beautifully on 2D works on paper, where you can texture it to make it dimensional. It works on some fabrics -- especially natural fibers with good sizing. Be sure to visit some of Suzanne’s work on display at the Artist’s Book Collection at the Bainbridge Museum of Art!

Details:

• There is a materials fee of $35 included in the price of class. This fee covers a packet including gilding medium, 7 sheets patent gold and palladium leaf, prepared medium samples, burnishing sheets, papers and most tools for the class. (Additional gold and palladium will be available in class, for sale - single sheets and a few books. Please bring cash or check made out to BARN to purchase additional items.)
• Feel free to bring a lunch. We have a refrigerator and a microwave for your use.
• Tuition assistance is available. Click here to apply.  

About the Instructor:

Suzanne Moore is a lettering artist and designer who combines contemporary vision with traditional scribal techniques. She is a well-known calligrapher and book artist whose highly-regarded and original work is in such institutions as The Pierpont Morgan Library, the Library of Congress, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, the Berlin Calligraphy Collection at the Akademie der Künste, the James S. Copley Library and the Houghton Library as well as numerous private collections in Europe and the United States. Suzanne lives and works on Vashon Island with her husband Don Glaister and their constant canine companion, the ivory Rothko.