Gilding Course
This course equips you to excel in traditional gilding for wooden frames, covering condition assessment, stabilisation of delicate gold, ornament reconstruction, leaf application, and finish toning. Perfect for craft professionals seeking museum-quality outcomes in historic frame restoration, ensuring stable and visually striking results.

4 to 360 hours flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
Gain practical expertise in restoring and finishing gilded wooden frames to professional standards. Master water and oil gilding techniques, gesso and bole preparation, safe cleaning and consolidation, precise condition assessment, ethical choices, and detailed retouching, toning, plus documentation for enduring, uniform results.
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Develop skills
- Professional gilding processes: achieve swift, museum-quality water and oil gilding.
- Repair gilded surfaces: safely clean, consolidate, and stabilise loose gold and gesso.
- Compensate for losses: reconstruct details, match bole, and integrate flawless retouches.
- Document conservation: evaluate conditions and log ethical treatments accurately.
- Implement safe studio habits: manage solvents, dust, and hazards in gilding routines.
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