by Michael Cavén

Gilder, Decorative Artist, Graining and Marbling

Article by Gareth Hoyle

Have you ever marvelled at the beauty of a decorative pillar with its eye catching glint of gold? Or admired the graining and marbling in a beautiful old house? Or stopped to look in amazement at a beautiful scene, only to realise that it is painted? These decorative features were produced by craftsmen by hand, and this service is available today. True decorative art which will last is only achieved by traditional methods.

In the craft of gilding, fine gold leaf or powder is applied to a solid surface, this may be wood, stone or metal and the result is a thin layer of gold over the surface. At Decowell Restoration traditional methods are used for that authentic look. Oil gilding and water gilding techniques are both used. Oil gilding is used for general decoration and with appropriate preparation oil gilding can be applied to most building surfaces, both indoors and out. Water gilding is a more elaborate process requiring greater preparation, but its elegance and refinement of finish are unsurpassed. Water gilding is used mainly for picture frames, furniture, religious artefacts, sculpture, objets d’art and also for the embellishment of stately buildings. A decorative artist knows how to use these fascinating techniques to produce the best possible finish, and these skills should only be used by a first class professional gilder, such as Decowell restoration.

Another technique used by craftsmen is graining and marbling. Marbling and graining is the painting of a surface, to give the appearance that it is made of wood or marble. The technique is at least 4000 years old, and consists of adding successive layers of transparent paint (glaze) to build up the illusion of depth and luminosity. The total effect can be simply stunning. Graining and marbling has been increasing in popularity, and now it is a technique used in many houses, as well as part of a restoration process.

An accomplished decorative artist can also produce breathtaking pieces of work such as murals, including trompe l’oeil, where the eye can be deceived into seeing an effect which is not actually there. This is down to the skill of the professional decorative artist and some stunning examples can be seen at Decowell Restoration, for example where you can look out onto scenery and almost believe it is real. This takes a highly skilled decorative artist to produce this magnificent effect.

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All That You Want to Know About Tree Art

Article by Fin Doll

There are large numbers of people who don’t know anything about tree art. In fact, they don’t what exactly it is. Actually a tree art don’t have any exact definition as one can defined tree art in any way. Some people define fruit art as the formation of tree of any kind of stuff through the proper procedure and in addition, lots of people who define tree-art as the process of giving a particular shape to any kind of tree.Rather than this some of the people are there that call this work as the modification of arts. One can define a tree art in any of the above way. People think that they can form any tree on the paper only and with the help of proper apparatus however nowadays, it has become a fashion to form tree/art anywhere. The tree -art are only known to professionals and actually, they can perform this task in a best possible way. This is mainly because of the reason this work needs lot of care. The fruit art may seem like any other art however, it actually quite difficult as compares with any other art. Some people say that actually, it is very easy and anyone with the some help of an expert or a guide can effectively become the master of this art.

The shapes of the trees might be easy to copy but actually to fabricate them what you need is lot of time and patience. There are majority of people who are learning this art and most of these learners give up only because of the reason that they cannot show patience. The patience is such a quality that any person going to learn this art must have. Learning fruit art is not actually difficult but when lot of time needed then probably people lost their focus and prefer neglect this task.Some people define fruit art as the formation of tree of any kind of stuff through the proper procedure and in addition, lots of people who define tree-art as the process of giving a particular shape to any kind of tree. Actually, becoming a master in tree-artwork is quite difficult and this is a major reason that people don’t go for it. Just like other arts, there are fruit arts that are organized occasionally. An example of this art is Christmas tree wall art. Lots of tree artwork that are totally based on the tree-artwork. If you need to know more about this art, one of the best options is to get on the internet as many websites would offer genuine and correct information.

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If you are looking for more fruit art be sure to check also motivational art as an alternative.

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