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VIDEO: Oliver Lynton shows us the mesmeric craft of gilding

Mike Pollitt | Thursday 20 September, 2012 12:24

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Skills and Traditions; Gilding from Oliver Lynton on Vimeo.

The gilder is Sophie Levene who works in Highgate, North London. I stumbled across Oliver Lynton’s video of her at work on Vimeo, and think it’s rather lovely.

I defy you not to be charmed by the sudden way the thin gold flattens in response to the gilder’s breath.

Here’s Oliver Lynton’s Vimeo profile.

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