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One of the pieces of work I have often wanted to write about is the Art Nouveau design I produced for Les Vraies Richesses, a bakery in Quebec. This article is all about how I…
John Althouse and F.A. Geiger were two talented American artisans who made the decision to move to Sydney in the late 19th Century. As this story reveals, their arrival was to have an immediate and…
Have you ever come across a piece of gilded art that has taken your breath away? Gold, the most noble of metals, has always mesmerised people, and even the process of ‘goldbeating’ to create gold…
Have you ever wondered how signwriters create that elegant gold leaf lettering you often see on classic reverse-painted glass signs, pubs, restaurants and tattoo shops? From collecting your materials to applying gold leaf to glass,…
How did an apprentice sign writer from Devon end up travelling to California to learn from the most talented American sign painters? It’s all thanks to the amazing help of Rick Glawson – and a…
As of writing this post, QEST has provided over £5 million in funding to around 700 craftspeople across 130 traditional disciplines. But what exactly is QEST? Keep reading to learn all about this fantastic organisation,…
Have you ever wondered how a master gilder crafts ornate lettering for signs or printed designs (e.g. tattoo art?) It requires a combination of specialist skills and carefully sourced suppliers, and this post takes you…
Making Mirror solution for creating a chemical deposited reflective surface. The cloud effect is from the two chemicals coming together.
These are the beautiful pieces of glass created by 3 talented students that came on my Glass Gilding workshop November 9th 2017. Fun time and so many techniques were shown to create these panels. The…
3 and half day glass gilding workshop with students Henk Scholten and Ferrie Ovink both remarkable gilders and specialist decorators from Holland and Philippe Huguenin and signwriter / designer from Switzerland. All three artists completed…
Great one day workshop with these 5 students last week here in Torquay. They all made 3 panels each that had techniques such as Oil Gilding, Water Gilding, Mother of Pearl inlay, Blended shades, and…
This pencil sketch was designed for Jason and Stacey Gulledge from Paris, France.
Made for a private bar in Cleveland, Ohio. This pencil sketched artwork is the main design for the bar interior. This will eventually become a reverse glass sign in many techniques including gold leaf.
Made for Paulinho Moreira from Brazil. This was hand sketched for a tattoo design.
Hand sketched artwork for a Gastronomy Grocer shop in South Devon, England.