Gilding: Uneven by Hand, Piece by Piece

A hand-gilded surface. Gold leaf is applied in small pieces to the raised parts of the carvings, with visible seams and slight overlaps between the pieces; some areas are worn due to age, revealing the red primer or white plaster underneath. The gold color is uneven, showing variations in shade under light. It is used only on the edges of moldings and carvings. Avoid: using uniform gold from spray paint or electroplating, covering the entire surface with gold, making the gold look brand new and unworn, using dazzlingly bright, highly saturated gold.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一片手工貼金的表面。金箔以一小片一小片的方式貼在雕飾的凸出處,可以看到片與片之間的接縫與輕微的重疊;有些地方因為年代而磨損,露出底下的紅色底漆或白色石膏。金的顏色不均勻,在光下有深淺的變化。它只用在線腳與雕飾的邊緣。避免:使用噴漆與電鍍的均勻金色、讓金色覆蓋整個表面、把金做得全新無磨損、使用亮到刺眼的高彩度金。