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Can anyone recommend a place to get gilding training. So far I've come across Jan Pike, and an evening class at the Working Mans College in London. Grateful for any leads.

thanks!
Calico

I can't recommend one, but if you find a good one could you please let me know? I'm interested in learning. Am based in South East London, so probably looking in a similar catchment area to yourself.

Regards

Jon

This is a good website for some instructions and recipes:

http://www.watergild.com/index.html

They also offer a gilding course.

Jan Pike did a workshop at the last Lion event so maybe someone who attended will let you know about this?

You could also try Pierre Lafrance: http://galerielafrance.com/?c=courses

The Fine Art Trade Guild website may have some gilding trainers listed.

There is an online gilding course on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/loveitframeit

I did go to Jan Pike's gilding workshop at Lion, I assume it was the most recent one. It was just the afternoon but it was really excellent, came away with a couple of gilded chevrons, both water gilded and oil gilded. She managed to fit a lot into 3 hours. The chevrons were pre-prepared though so practically I'm none the wiser to gesso and rabbit skin glue preparations, but she went through all the theory. I can thoroughly recommend her as a teacher, for you especially as I believe she holds them in London.
I also went to a workshop with a local framer and it was absolute rubbish, didn't know what was going on. I won't recommend them.

Those are some good links Framemaker, hopefully they'll help me on my way to gilding competence.

Thx all, and to Richard in particular for replying to my PM begging for advice on this! Have spoken to Jan pike and all being well shall be on her course in august. Will let you all know.how.it goes. Calico

An artist came in today wanting some barewood frames to take on a gilding course in August:

http://www.mcsummerschool.org.uk/course ... e=75&cat=2

Although the course is aimed at artists, the content sounds like a good introduction to gilding and hand finished frames. It certainly seems to be the closest to a course for making contemporary gilded and painted frames that I have seen so far.

What a bargain £175 for five days tuition. Could be interested myself!