This is in a church we visited on the way to Cholula. This guy is gilding a picture frame. Behind that blue paper, he has sheets of gold, and he blows on them, then puts them on top of glue on the frame. It must be a full-time job in these churches that are covered in gold.Tuesday, June 9, 2009
A lost art? Not in Mexico!
This is in a church we visited on the way to Cholula. This guy is gilding a picture frame. Behind that blue paper, he has sheets of gold, and he blows on them, then puts them on top of glue on the frame. It must be a full-time job in these churches that are covered in gold.
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I saw a person who did real gilding on a tv show once. OMG, what a pain. Beautiful results, tho.
ReplyDeleteIt was amazing. The frame was so ornate, and the work was so painstaking. He liked posing for the picture...
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