How do you store this?

I see a lot of character in the Saint's face as well as the individual mark of the iconographer. I really appreciate that she does not have that greenish ochre background skin color that some others use. She looks much more alive and immediate without it in her face.

I once tried tried mixing in a lot of gold scraps into lacquer and painting with it. There was a slight gleam, but it was very dilute and crude compared to this beautiful shell gold!

I was not able hear you all talking due to the two men talking over the top of you from the radio my hearing aids just could not seperate your voices from theirs so it just became annoying in the end

Is the gum Arabic water-based?

I would like to see the process from the beginning

I’m sorry my English is not good enough to understand the conversation. If somebody could give me a summary of this interview, I’d be very grateful. One thing that I could catchup is there are numbers of smart brain among Palestinian but nobody truly care for the future of their people/population. The present authorities (people with power) will be getting old soon and will die one day. They bring up their next generation with false teachings, how can their children live in peace. Gazan/civilians are a good example for the case. They are born to be forever refugees, who cares!?!? Their leaders are corrupt and use their people as a source of income. 😢

Amazing, Thank you for sharing this process. very much appreciated.

When to start polishing gold with agate? how long after applying the gold?

Thank you so much Ian, very thoughtful and thorough x

So moving Ian. Praying for peace for all. xx

Thank you so very much for your thoughts on the situation in Palestine and Israel. I am not an academic or someone with any voice or experience to speak out to a wide audience, but it has been so good to hear all the threads brought together, so articulately. We are pounded with news from every side and I sit here screaming at the screen/radio, "what about this" or "don't forget that", and weep for the lack of vision amongst those who do have power to change things. I try to pray constantly, and share with those around me, but you have provided some hope that the voice of truth will be heard. God Bless you.

I remember seeing it when I was in the Holy Land in 2017. I had no idea it was painted by you. God bless you, Ian. May he give us peace.

Thank you

Thank you for sharing! Can the shell gold be used over oil paints? What paint mediums can this shell gold be used with?

Thank you so much for passing on this knowledge, I have been looking for a suitable goldpaint for the parts that are too small to do by gold leafing. I even bought the premade pill shellgold but was very disappointed with the quality. I followed your steps but did add a few drops of distilled water (maybe a little early) while swirling because it was getting too dry to move around. Maybe the problem was that I was using 12 sheets of Rosenobel Double gold so the ratio of gummy and gold leaf might have been off because I also noticed that it was rubbing off a bit to easily while burnishing. So I dissolved the dry paint again in some distilled water and put a few more drops of gum arabic in. That seemed to do the trick. Very happy with what I ended up with so thanks a lot and best wishes from the Netherlands!

I am trying this process, but my gold remains a dark ochre color, and hasn't brightened back to a golden sheen. What am I doing wrong? I am working with loose leaf 24k gold. Thank you!

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Gold leafs are verry strong. You must trapping. You "break" the leaves into pieces. How Longer you tap how better. When you see the "Paint" under the microscope you can controle the Quality and fitness.

Did she used loose leaf or a transfer leaf?

I really appreciate this video. I've started making special mirror frames. Hand carved on wood and accepting with gold. This video helped greatly

Having rubbed a few shells in my day, the ROUGH texture on the inside of the shell would help with the griding. A smooth porcelain plate would probably be TOO smooth.

Hi. Do you teach how to tone down the gold to a nice warm honey colour?

How long after applying the bole on the gesso should one wait before embossing it?

What is the music playing?

What kind of gold leaf is that

Did you paintng anything on the white icon area to protect the excess leaf during gilding?

Could the embossing be done on the gesso prior to application of bole or is it better on the bole?

Gum Arabic is what?

This may be the only video on the internet showing how to make the egg emulsion

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Good morning. Which bole did you use? Which brand? And how is it applied? You will help me a lot to apply it too. Thank you from the bottom of my heart !!!

Thank you so much. I've made it twice now and the quality is exceptional.

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This video is very useful and I get the gist of it, but are the instructions written down anywhere: exact amount of gum arabic, number of gold leaf sheets, amount of water, what brands to use, a list of the steps, etc?

Hello sir, What is mixed in red clay? rabbit skin glue or gelatin?

Fascinating! Thank you!

Did she added mineral water or normal water?

Thank you so much for sharing a lost art. I have no teachers where I live and I would love to pass the skills down that I have been researching all these years

An ineresting thing that in the middle of this video you can hear the Russian speach: two men are talkig about making of the shell gold, according to what they said only 1 of 20 persons can make the proper gold. It depends on the skin and it's oils and liquids. If I understand correct previously there was a special person who made shell gold. And also the voice has been noticed, that he can't make the proper gold - his one is too crumbly.

Thank you so much!

Hi! I would like to know if you can use a glass muller rather than one’s finger so the oils from the skin don’t go into your shell gold ?

Ian, thanks for the video. I couldn't tell you how you transfer the outline of the letters onto the gold. Do you press through the tracing paper? Also, what kind of paint do you use?

Distilled water?

After painting it on for example porcelain, how to fix it in able to use it safely? Specially for dinnerware? Is there any minimum time to leave at the sun for instance?

It was great!! Thanks a lot! Hope the quality of taking video was better

yes, this is great! And i am trying to do my con commissions