The last of the videos for this jewelry box! Banners fly! People cheer!
In this episode, we'll decoratively reinforce the mitered box then move on to something more interesting: gilding. I decided to gild the inside of the coves with silver leaf to add a bit of shine. It's easy to do and you can get creative with the process so give it a look. All you'd need to gild is gilding 'size' (the glue) and a book of leaf of the metal you want. I halfway considered gilding an escutcheon around the keyhole. My mom has a lot of necklaces with silver Maple leaf motifs so a Maple leaf in silver as an escutcheon might have been a nice accent. You could do this complicated pattern with a resist. The reason I didn't is that the box is just nice Mahogany and having a bit of shiny bling in the middle would be too distracting. ...but gilding offers those kinds of possibilities.
Lastly, the jewelry box lid and bottom as well as the tray box bottoms get lined with batting and velvet.
Overall, I'm happy with it. Now to start planning the next project also in Mahogany!
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Lil' Boxes for a Jewelry Box with the JMPv2 - Gilding and Lining
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Nice job! Lucky mom you've got.
great mothers day gift. The gilding was an unexpected addition.
thanks for the video series, Paul.
Looks great Paul, your mother will be over the moon!!
Its been many years since I've attempted gilding, I like the design possibilities it throws up.
So, how was your Mom's reaction? I'm sure she loved it. Hell, my Mom still has the ashtray I made in kindergarten.
Good point, Vic, I forgot the follow-up. In her un-biased opinion, it was stellar. Actually pretty sure it was a highly biased opinion. Her niece thought the chocolates in the box were the best so next time I know where my effort will go :)