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Grinding gold in honey while I watch Amadeus. My teacher would be ashamed of the mess I’m making. Next time I’ll be neater. #shellgold #illumination

A hand holding a small, ceramic bowl with a brown residue of gold and honey is in focus, while a television in the background shows a scene from Amadeus featuring a man in formal attire. The setting includes wooden furniture and indoor plants.

At a manuscript gathering last night at Standford—a Korean manuscript was shared. The whole thing was written/drawn in shell gold—even the guide lines. It was the most beautiful and shiny shell gold I have seen. It has convinced me I need to sit down and grind my shell even more! Guess I know my weekend tv watching activity.

The photos do not do it justice! The shell gold was so good it almost looked like flat gold leaf.

Image: Koryo sutra in gold, Korean, c 14th century, lotus sutra, vol 3, ch 5, 6, 7. Gold ink. Accordion folding album.

#calligraphy #manuscripts #gilding #shellgold

Korean folded manuscript written and lined in gold on mulberry paper. On the right an edge of the front image shows—all drawn in gold.

An #ArtNouveau inspired bit of #lettering with a quote by Theodore Roethke. Postcard-size, done in #gouache, homemade #WalnutInk, and a self-indulgent amount of #ShellGold.

#ArtistsOnMastodon #art

#shellgold

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