Gilding Class Fridays!

A New Class Every Friday

August 8, 15, 22, 29; September 5, 19, 26 (Each Friday is a Separate Class and a Different Topic!)

*Choose either the Early Session or the Afternoon/Evening Session. Whichever is Best for Your Time Zone

Early Session

11am - 12:30pm PST

2pm - 3:30pm EST

Or, The Afternoon/Evening Session (Same Topic as the Early Class)

4pm - 5:30 pm PST

7pm - 8:30pm EST

*(Adjust for Local Time Zone)

*Note: Daylight Savings Time:

Nov. 2, 2025 (Clocks Go Back 1 Hour)

**All Classes Are Live Online And Backup Recorded, Perfect If You Need To Miss A Class!

CLASS SIZE LIMIT: 10

August 8, 2025

Gilding 101

For those who are wondering “Where do I Begin?” This 90 Minute Session includes a Gilding Demo on handling genuine 22k Gold Leaf and how to use the Gilder’s Tools, a Discussion of the diffent Methods and Techniques, and a Question/Answer Period. Designed to help the Student decide on the proper course of study. The Perfect First Primer to Learning to Gild!

August 15, 2025

How To Make Hard and Soft Gesso…for Water Gilding and Panels

We get right down to it during this 90 Minute Online Intensive for students who would like to learn this Old World method of making Hard and Soft Gesso for Traditional Water Gilding as well as for preparing a beautiful gesso surface for Panels for Egg Tempera Painting, and Iconography. (Also suitable for Oils and Acrylics and Oil Gilding!) An excellent and stable approach for Picture Frames, Panels, Furniture, and Architectural Elements where gesso is used. We focus solely on Making Gesso. (For students wanting to learn how to also apply and sand traditional gesso in preparation for gilding, check-out the three-part online class coming this December!)

August 22, 2025

How To Prepare Clay Bole For Water Gilding

Preparing Clay Bole properly is very important in how the final gilding appears. Too thick and unsightly brush marks will appear under the gold; over-polishing the Bole surface can result in poor adhesion between the bole and the gold. Learn of to make the 10% Gelatin Solution, hydrate the Clay, and combine them for an excellent burnish for your water gilding.

August 29, 2025

Flat Gilding For Paper: From Ancient Garlic Juice to Contemporary Instacoll and Miniatum

The juice of the garlic bulb is an ancient mordant used to apply gold leaf to Paper and Statuary. In this 90 Minute Online Tutorial students will learn to grind and squeeze the juice from a Garlic Bulb and apply it to paper and a stone Buddha Statue. We will also apply the Contemporary Mordants Instacoll, Miniatum, and Miniatum Ink to Paper. We then apply 22kt Gold Leaf to each of the these prepared grounds for comparison including breathing through a bamboo straw onto the garlic to adhere the gold! A Must for students interested in exploring the ancient and Sacred connections to Flat Gilding for Illumination and the Contemporary achievements in the art of Gold Leaf Gilding.

September 5, 2025

How to Make Moulds and Cast Ornaments for Gilding

Preparing Moulds and Casting Ornaments are a necessary skill for repairing and re-gilding Picture Frames. Learn to prepare a simple non-toxic 2-part silicone mould and Cast small to medium dimensional Ornaments for gilding!

September 12, 2025

No Class Today (I’m teaching in Logan, Utah!)

September 19, 2025

To Be Announced Soon!

September 26, 2025

To Be Announced Soon!

Note: Question and Answer periods are included in each weekly session. Classes are both Live Online and Recorded. Recordings remain viewable for six months after the series ends.

A Materials List will be provided upon Registration. ~

CANCELLATION POLICY: Although No Refunds are available, a Full Credit to Any Future Available Class of equal or lesser value will be provided if you need to cancel. Or if you prefer, you may receive the full Recording Series from the class you joined or from a previously recorded series of your online class. Go Here to View the Complete Cancellation Policy.