A student took this picture of me in the studio. Where possible, I do like to work on antiques while I'm teaching. That way the skills aren't just about how to do them in the perfect setting. If you're working on an antique, all sorts of unexpected things can happen, and that's when a restorer has to draw on their experience and creativity. A student can't learn any of that by gilding a new frame. Antique gold is a world away from new gold. To tone leaf to match something from the 18th Century is a very different process from putting a wash of Shellac over fresh gold. If you want to restore gilding, you need to know how to age a surface. If you want to learn how to do that, I can teach you. It's more advanced than studying how to lay gold leaf, but if you want to master toning techniques, it will really help you get an authentic look to your gold when working on antiques.
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