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Brenna learned the basics of her crafts while studying for her certification in Historic Preservation and Restoration in Astoria, Oregon. She returned to New York City to further develop her skills hands-on as a technician, first at a stained glass studio in Brooklyn and then a gilding studio based in Harlem, before setting out on her own two hours north of the city. Willow Deep Studio is located just outside of Rosendale in New York’s beautiful Hudson Valley.
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I enjoy all types of gilding including architectural, glass, signage, and love to incorporate gold leaf into my stained glass art. I always welcome the challenge of figuring out how to gild anything new or out-of-the-ordinary!
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Miriam Ellner is an artist/designer working with architects and designers in the field of Verre Eglomise. Her body of work extends worldwide from San Francisco to Kuwait and Moscow. Miriam has made several appearances on Martha Stewart Living TV and participated as a designer in the Kips Bay Show House 2003. Her work has been auctioned at Sotheby’s under the category of Important European Furniture”.”
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Manufacturer of custom made picture frames that are faithful reproductions using traditional carving and gilding techniques.
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Interior designer and resource director for an architectural firm specializing in historic preservation restoration.
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Francis is a calligrapher, fontographer, sign artist, gilder, and professor emeritus of physics and history of science at the State University College at Buffalo, NY. Awarded the SUNY Chancellor’s and President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. Founded Signs of Gold, Inc. in 1994
to create the finest, most elegant, unrivaled, entirely hand crafted, gold leafed, wood signage
that are works of art, not just signs. He has won ten national first place awards from the United States Sign Council Design competition, as well as the International Sign Association contests. Author of 21 articles on gilding and hand carved sign artistry in SignCraft magazine, SignBusiness, Signs of the Times, and WoodCarvers Illustrated. Francis is the recipient of the “Innovators & Influencers Award” presented by Sign & Digital Graphics trade journal in recognition of those “who have changed for the better the way our industry conducts business.” Francis’s lifelong fascination with calligraphy and lettering as artform has led him to design five original digital typeface fonts which are commercially available on the Web.
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Working both with traditional & non traditional gilding methods ranging from modern and reproduction to conservation and restoration of objects, frames & furniture. Restoration, Frames, Fine Artist, Exterior Gilding, Educator, Furniture, Freelance, Architecture. Product consultation and teaching services are also available
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German Artist Sandra Spannan runs see. Painting, Inc nationally and internationally since 16 years, specializing in Architectural & Fine Art Gilding, Gilded Signage, Verre Eglomise, Faux Finishes, Trompe l’Oeil, Murals and Venetian plaster.
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Library of record for glass and glassmaking
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Illuminator, painter and gilder. These unique pieces are based on the language of nature in biblical literature.
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Toronto based designer who has pursued her love for the ancient art of Verre Eglomise, a French term meaning reverse painting and gilding on glass. Gilding is the process of applying genuine gold leaf or other precious metal leaf on a surface.
Marybeth is a professional member of ASID American Society of Interior Designers New York Metro chapter and ARIDO Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario.
Her artwork is been exhibited in Toronto and the US. She had worked with clients on commissioned pieces.
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Symeon van Donkelaar, Iconographer
The main work of the Conestoga Iconographic Studio is the creation of sacred icons for churches and homes. The saints and festivals depicted varies, but is usually connected to the person or congregation commissioning the icon. All of them are created in the same way—using local materials from the village of Conestoga to create a vision of heaven.
Day by day, local wood, soil, plants, and even bones are collected, worked, and offered in the making of an icon. This work is part of a consciousness that seeks to create locally from the place where the studio is located—an embodiment of creating in harmony with our environment. The stylistic-vision of its icons, for which the studio is known, is a gift from the Holy Spirit that embodies an ancient and direct vision. The resulting icons are works of great skill, which witness across Christendom, about our lives of faith and prayer.
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Custom Picture Framer, Artist, Photographer. Gilding on frames and gilded frame restoration
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I am a professional artist and jewelry designer specializing in reverse painting and gold leaf gilding on glass(Verre Eglomise) on table tops, bowls, and other decor pieces. My gilded jewelry designs use precious metal gold leaf on stone as well. Gallery representation: Freed Gallery, Lincoln City, OR Tony Alan Fine Jewelry, Portland OR Radiance By Design, Corvallis, OR Jan Maitland Studio and Gallery
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I am an Isabel O’neil Journeyman. My work is varied: murals, floorcloths, restoration, gold projects , marblizing mantles and other faux finish commissions.
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Naomi Geller Lipsky received her PhD in Biochemistry from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD, and enjoyed a satisfying career in research for many years. At the same time, she continued to develop her skills in the fine and decorative arts. When these latter interests finally became more compelling, she made the decision to retire from science and become a full-time decorative artist. She presently serves as President of the Society of Gilders.
She is best known for her work with quilling, an antique art in which paper strips are shaped and applied as ornaments, but she works in other media as well. Many of her pieces incorporate gold leaf. Her main body of work consists of Judaic ritual art and liturgical illustrations. She creates originals as well as limited edition lithographs, and she completes her artistic vision by doing all of her own matting and framing. Naomi has earned her accreditation from the Quilling Guild, and is a member of that organization. Her award-winning work has been exhibited in museums and galleries, and featured in books and other publications.
Naomi is a long-term member of the Pomegranate Guild of Judaic Needlework, and founded its first Baltimore chapter. She also belongs to the American Guild of Judaic Art, and the North American Quilling Guild. In addition to creating artwork, Naomi is a graduate of the Master Seamstress Program at the University of Rhode Island.
