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Reverse Glass Gilding
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Gold leaf and other decorative processes, recorded during a Better Letters Workshop held in Brisbane 2018.
PROCESS
Paper Restoration
NicholConteOn Newsprint1990-Restoration1
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Restoring a 1990 drawing - conte chalk on newsprint (butcher’s paper) - soaked for several days in a peroxide solution bath to rid it of an aged brown cast, mounted and reframed under UV acrylic.
Enamel on Panel
Henry Lawson 15 Stories Book Cover
Nichol-Henry Lawson 15 Stories Book Cove
Nichol-Henry Lawson 15 Stories Book Cove
Nichol-Henry Lawson 15 Stories Book Cove
Nichol - Framing Henry Lawson 15 Stories
Nichol - Framing Henry Lawson 15 Stories
Nichol - Framing Henry Lawson 15 Stories
Nichol - Framing Henry Lawson 15 Stories
Reproduced book cover with Roman lettering. Enamel on 3mm hardboard, then secured for hanging in a modified found frame.
Gold Leaf Memento
Framing a Glass Panel
Framing reverse gold panel-1
Framing reverse gold panel-1
Framing reverse gold panel-2
Framing reverse gold panel-3
Framing reverse gold panel-4
Framing reverse gold panel-4
Framing reverse gold panel-5
Framing reverse gold panel-8-9
A simple found frame is given a gilded insert to pack out the edges around an odd sized piece of glass and to add a custom finish.
Book Repair
1 Badly bound book falling apart
2 Tools to repair a book
Tools to repair a book
4 Gathered pages
5 Compiled pages
5 Fitting compiled pages to cover
7 Aligning pages
6 Fitting compiled pages between cover p
When favourite books fall apart because heavy gloss pages don't hold together under inadequate glueing of page edges to spine.
Gold Leaf on Glass Process 1
D. Nichol 2021 Finished piece
Gold Leaf on Glass Process 2
D. Nichol 2021 Hardened black enamel on glass.
Gold Leaf on Glass Process 3
D. Nichol Scalpel cleanup of hardened black enamel
Gold Leaf on Glass Process 4
D. Nichol 2021 Checking for rough edges
Gold Leaf on Glass Process 5
D. Nichol 2021 Cleaning glass plate.
Gold Leaf on Glass Process 6
D. Nichol 2021 Washing glass
Gold Leaf on Glass Process 7
D. Nichol 2021 Drying glass
Gold Leaf on Glass Process 8
D. Nichol 2021 Masking off the design
Gold leaf initials with date and floral leaf sprig, May 2021.
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Transferring sketch to ute door for painting in enamel 2022
'Last Minute Study'
The Fly Guy Five
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