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This is video number 10 in the course of gilding made by Rinaldin.
The complete course is made up of 11 videos plus an introductory video.
An interesting and amusing aspect of gilding is made up of engravings.
This is a frame on which the gesso has already been applied.
I lay some carbon paper on the frame.
On top I lay a piece of paper which has the picture.
I fix the picture and the carbon paper to the frame with some adhesive tape.
I trace over the picture with a pencil or with a ballpoint pen so that it remains imprinted
on the gesso through the carbon paper.
I remove the adhesive tape.
I now have to engrave the gesso.
To avoid the gesso from splintering while engraving it's a good idea to wet it slightly
by passing a water moisten cloth over it.
I then engrave the gesso with a pointed object by following the drawing's lines.
I now apply the first coat of red bole.
I then have to apply the other bole coats as usual.
After the bole has dried the engraving looks like this.
After having applied the gold leaf to the frame the engraving looks like this.
I now clean the gold leaves with the special brush.
You can notice that the engraving remains visible under the leaf.
If you'd want a better result you could apply other gold leaves above the ones already applied.
In this case you'd need to light wet the area with the gouache and then lay another leaf
on top.
At the end I run an agate burnisher on the inside of the engraved drawing.
This is so that the flower drawn will be more brilliant than the rest of the frame.
This is the final result.
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