The pandemic has slowed us down from going out and photographing as we used to. Travel has been extremely curtailed and as such, I have been looking for new ways to expand my photographic art.
A number of years ago, a great friend who sadly has passed away showed me some prints he had made using gold leaf. He learned this technique from Dab Burkholder, who is one of the best photo instructors I have met. Thus, I saw a workshop online where Dan was teaching this technique. I signed up for it, bought his kit, took the class, and quickly became addicted. I now have over 100 images I have gilded, as it is called. The procedure is a bit of work but the end result is many times unpredictable, but always satisfying. I will feature all my gilded images in the near future with an album I am doing, but for now, please enjoy this 9×12 inch gold leaf photograph of downtown Indianapolis.