This is a new piece I just recently finished. It was started at a workshop I attended last month in Boise, Idaho with Noel Weber and John Studden, two masters of the art of reversed gold on glass and lettering. Everything was done in reverse on the glass, hence the term “reverse gilding and painting on glass”. 23kt and 18kt gold were used along with some abalone shell inlays in the legs of the “A” and the “L”. There is a small discalimer under my name that says “is not an”…don’t want to get into trouble you know 🙂

This shot shows some of the detail work. Centers of the letters are 18kt gold in a matte, outlined in 23kt burnished gold.

A detail shot of the “A”. Again the centers of the letters are 18kt gold in a matte finish and the outline is 23kt burnished gold with inlays of abalone shell in the legs of the “A”.