upside down

leaf gold dust

leaf gold - raised gilding

gold dust

leafd gold letter

leaf gold dust

leaf gold dust

leaf gold dust

miserable failure

ducat red gold on apple wood

ducat gold on poplar veneer

ducat red gold on cardboard

idea

portolan chart, inspired by maps from 1550-ish, by Raʾīs al-Baḥr Pīrī ibn Muḥammad

wind rose

portolan chart, inspired by maps from 1550-ish, by Raʾīs al-Baḥr Pīrī ibn Muḥammad

outline

portolan chart, inspired by maps from 1550-ish, by Raʾīs al-Baḥr Pīrī ibn Muḥammad

gesso

portolan chart, inspired by maps from 1550-ish, by Raʾīs al-Baḥr Pīrī ibn Muḥammad

gold leaf

process – gold leaf

portolan chart, inspired by maps from 1550-ish, by Raʾīs al-Baḥr Pīrī ibn Muḥammad

working gold leaf

portolan chart, inspired by maps from 1550-ish, by Raʾīs al-Baḥr Pīrī ibn Muḥammad

cleaned up gold

portolan chart, inspired by maps from 1550-ish, by Raʾīs al-Baḥr Pīrī ibn Muḥammad

wind rose

portolan chart, inspired by maps from 1550-ish, by Raʾīs al-Baḥr Pīrī ibn Muḥammad

island

portolan chart, inspired by maps from 1550-ish, by Raʾīs al-Baḥr Pīrī ibn Muḥammad

cove

portolan chart, inspired by maps from 1550-ish, by Raʾīs al-Baḥr Pīrī ibn Muḥammad

wind rose

portolan chart, inspired by maps from 1550-ish, by Raʾīs al-Baḥr Pīrī ibn Muḥammad

gold

gilded doodle – pre gilding

gilded doodle

gilded doodle

romanesque-inspired gilded doodle

sketching out

romanesque-inspired gilded doodle

pencil sketch

romanesque-inspired gilded doodle

sketching out

romanesque-inspired gilded doodle

sketching

romanesque-inspired gilded doodle

inking

romanesque-inspired gilded doodle

sketching

romanesque-inspired gilded doodle

inking

romanesque-inspired gilded doodle

first colour layer

romanesque-inspired gilded doodle

first layer

romanesque-inspired gilded doodle

first layer

romanesque-inspired gilded doodle

second layer

romanesque-inspired gilded doodle

second layer

romanesque-inspired gilded doodle

first layer

romanesque-inspired gilded doodle

third colour layer

romanesque-inspired gilded doodle

third layer

romanesque-inspired gilded doodle

second ink

romanesque-inspired gilded doodle

second ink

romanesque-inspired gilded doodle

first gold layer

romanesque-inspired gilded doodle

first layer gold

romanesque-inspired gilded doodle

second layer gold

romanesque-inspired gilded doodle

second layer gold

romanesque-inspired gilded doodle

third guilding, third ink

romanesque-inspired gilded doodle

third guilding, third ink

romanesque gilded doodle

liquid gold

high polish

gold leaf

gold leaf

unfinished