These advanced techniques assume that you have basic jewellery and metalworking skills. We offer these technical papers, originally presented as workshops, in a spirit of sharing information.
Gold leaf is the thinnest sheet of gold available to jewellers.
The more malleable and ductile a metal, the better its ability to be beaten into leaf. Thus, gold is an ideal metal for making leaf. Copper Leaf Gold leaf will not tarnish. The silver, imitation gold, copper all will tarnish, so should be covered with a protective coating. In Toronto, Curry's Art Supplies sells 22k gold leaf from West Germany made by Georg Renner GMBH and Graphic Commerce Ltd. sells 23k Florence gold leaf from Italy.