| Above: At left, students cut gold leaf on a
leather pad in preparation for applying it to a clock ornament. In
the foreground is the 100+ page clockmaking workbook that each student
takes home. At right, a student uses a brush called a gilder’s
tip to apply the gold leaf to the ornament. The gilder’s tip
provides a gentle way of moving the fragile gold leaf from the pad
to the workpiece. The gold leaf adheres to the gilder’s tip
not by static electricity, as one might think, but by oil, ususally
obtained by the gilder running the gilder’s tip through his
hair or over the skin on his forehead or the side of his nose. |
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