Steve Irvine on fri 15 jan 10
I've added a new section to my website on the use of gold leaf with =3D
ceramics. There are some example pieces, plus a couple of how-to pages:
http://www.steveirvine.com/goldleaf.html
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marci and rex on fri 15 jan 10
At 11:29 AM 1/15/2010, Steve Irvine wrote:
>I've added a new section to my website on the use of gold leaf with
>ceramics. There are some example pieces, plus a couple of how-to pages:
>
>http://www.steveirvine.com/goldleaf.html
Just a note: gold leaf doesnt HAVE to be a post fire addition .
It can be fired just like Liquid bright gold
luster is.. It does need a fluxing agent under it : fired
chinapaint or flux..
There is also a paste gold called Roman Gold that is a fired
gold. It must be burnished after firing .. but has a patina
similar to gold leaf. It has a very high gold content.. and comes in
2 types: fluxed and unfluxed... The fluxed is for use over a glaze
or bisque surface.. the unfluxed is for use over
an already fluxed surface ( raised paste, fired chinapaint ) ..
They are all fired in the 6018 -015 range...
Marci the chinapainter...
Steve Irvine on fri 15 jan 10
Good point Marci.
Thanks!
Steve Irvine
www.steveirvine.com
> Just a note: gold leaf doesnt HAVE to be a post fire addition . It =3D
can be fired just like Liquid bright gold luster is.. It does need =
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a fluxing agent under it : fired chinapaint or flux..
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> Marci the chinapainter...
ivor & olive lewis on sat 16 jan 10
Steve Irvine posted the following message.
<ceramics. There are some example pieces, plus a couple of how-to pages: >>
His notes give basic information on the standard process of decorative
Gilding. The Gilding process is more fully discussed by Kurt Wehlte in "The
Materials and Techniques of Painting", ISBN 0-442-29162-0.
Using Gold Leaf as a ceramic material is described by Greg Daly in "Glazes
and Glazing Techniques" ISBN 0-86417-502-7. In Ch 8, "Further reflections o=
n
the Journey" Greg illustrates the process of applying and firing Gold Leaf
and a way of etching the finished fire gilded surface.
Best regards,
Ivor Lewis,
Redhill,
South Australia
Steve Irvine on sat 16 jan 10
Thanks very much for those additional references Ivor!
Steve
Terrance on sat 16 jan 10
Hello Steve;
I have been using gold leaf (Imitation) for a while now and the one area =
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find difficult is to apply a protective cover. If one does not do this, =
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leaf is easily scratched.
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See my work at:=3D20=3D20
http://www.clayart.ca/00201My%20Art%
20Work/00300Index_Art_Golden_Series_Work_2008.htm
Terrance
Steve Irvine on sat 16 jan 10
Hi Terrance,
You have some nice pieces on your website.
A coating of size can be applied over the gold leaf to give it added =3D
protection. I've never done this though with my own work.=3D20
If the leaf is applied over a shiny, glassy glaze, the size doesn't have =
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much to grip on to, and the gold might suffer from scratches. In recent =3D
years, I've applied the size and leaf to fired, but unglazed clay. This =3D
gives the gold leaf a good surface to bond to. In fact, if the leaf gets =
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somewhere by accident where I don't want it, I have a very difficult =3D
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Steve=3D
marci and rex on sat 23 jan 10
At 11:14 AM 1/16/2010, Terrance wrote:
>Hello Steve;
>I have been using gold leaf (Imitation) for a while now and the one
>area that I
>find difficult is to apply a protective cover. If one does not do
>this, the gold
>leaf is easily scratched.
>Do you use any protective covering?
Sorry for the delayed reply on this.. I ve been away at a
show.. and am still catching up on email : .
Im not Steve... but thought I d throw in my 2 cents anyway ....
If you use some sort of flux under the gold leaf first ( low
fire flux, china paint etc ) and then fire the gold leaf over
that to chinapainting temps ( anywhere from ^ 018 to 015 ..
the hotter the better ) , the leaf stays on very well... It will
abrade if you really rub at it ( all gold and lusters never fuse
to a glaze like chinapaints do ) .. but it will hang on as well
as gold on dinnerware does which is pretty good .. .
Marci the chinapainter..
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