Meet Marlène Voisin, the gilding and framing expert owner of
Art de la Feuille d'Or ('gold leaf art'), whose shop front I was showing you
yesterday. She restores and gilds wood and here are the tools of her trade. In the last photo, she is using a
marten brush to apply the gold leaf to a frame that has been painted with clay first. It was absolutely fascinating to watch, in the first photo you can see how the gold leaf can be given a matte, semi-matte or very shiny, glossy and reflective finish!
VDP a le plaisir de vous présenter Marlène Voisin, doreur-encadreur de l'
Art de la Feuille d'Or dont je vous montrais le magasin
hier. Elle restaure et dore le bois. Sur la dernière photo, elle applique la feuille d'or à l'aide d'un pinceau en
martre sur un cadre au préalable enduit d'argile. C'était absolument fascinant à observer, sur la première photo, on distingue nettement les différents finis, allant du mat au très brillant, presque comme un miroir !
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That is pure craftmanship. She does amazing work!
ReplyDeleteYou would hate to screw up with a handful of gold leaf. :-)
ReplyDeleteThose are wonderful frames, I can only afford the gold spray painted ones from Mexico, no wait now they are from China. lol
ReplyDeleteA talented, beautiful lady she is indeed! Superb!!
ReplyDeleteShe seems young to have learned that skill well enough to be hired for such important work.
ReplyDeleteA young woman with creative interests and artistic talents!!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if it's a stressful job.
ReplyDeleteun vrai travail d'artiste, vraiment sympa ce reportage
ReplyDeletetravaillé l'or un métier de riche ?
ReplyDeleteA steady hand required here, I expect. Interesting post!
ReplyDeleteWow! Really impressive work.
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful work. I can't imagine what the cost would be for gold leaf and the time of a skilled artisan. And one ought to have something worthy to put this around it. Out of my league.
ReplyDeleteSeveral things: Marlene is a very beautiful woman. I've never heard of painting with clay. She does great work and is very talented.
ReplyDeleteMerci for this most interesting post!
I have never seen this process in person, it's something I'd like to experience. It amazes me they can (and have been) make the leaf so thin to begin with. As other have commented, she is very pretty.
ReplyDeleteit's nice to see work still done by hand!
ReplyDeleteThis is new to me, I've never seen how this is done before. How interesting.
ReplyDeleteIt's like magic!
ReplyDeleteI have already seen this kind of work done by others, but Marlène is also a beautiful lady!
ReplyDeleteIch kenne diese Arbeit sehr gut, du hast es sehr gut fotografiert.
ReplyDeleteSuperbe... j'ai eu la chance de reparer un ou deux cadres de cette facon mais en amateur a la maison.
ReplyDeleteA very special profession. And you caught it well with the camera.
ReplyDeleteOur Italian Jewish museum in Jerusalem offered an evening about how they restore the old wooden treasures from Italy. Fascinating to watch. The two women were trained in Italy, of course. They passed around a little piece of gold leaf for us to get the feel of it. I remember it being hard to peel off my finger.