Another exciting day in my Experiences in Japanese Culture class! We went to the Gold Leaf museum in Kanazawa. Kanazawa is famous in Japan for it’s gold leaf lacquer and other goods adorned with gold leaf. Learning about the process that goes into making gold leaf goods was really interesting. In the museum there were also really beautiful pottery pieces decorated with gold leaf. My class had the opportunity to decorate various pieces. I chose a jewelry box. Here are some pictures:
The jewelry box before I started, with a border of tape.
Next, created the design with thin tape. Then, I applied glue to the top cover.
With the glue on top, I took a sheet of gold and also silver leaf, crumpled it, and dabbed it on the top repeatedly in different places for effect. Then more glue was applied to the top.
After the glue dried I removed the tape and this is the finishing product: a beautiful gold leaf jewelry box!
I really enjoyed decorating my jewelry box, which I now use everyday. Here are some other pictures from the Gold Leaf Museum:
Hideki Matsui, New York Yankees MVP 2009 and from the Kanazawa area!
Japanese Culture Class: Gold Leaf
Another exciting day in my Experiences in Japanese Culture class! We went to the Gold Leaf museum in Kanazawa. Kanazawa is famous in Japan for it’s gold leaf lacquer and other goods adorned with gold leaf. Learning about the process that goes into making gold leaf goods was really interesting. In the museum there were also really beautiful pottery pieces decorated with gold leaf. My class had the opportunity to decorate various pieces. I chose a jewelry box. Here are some pictures:
The jewelry box before I started, with a border of tape.
Next, created the design with thin tape. Then, I applied glue to the top cover.
With the glue on top, I took a sheet of gold and also silver leaf, crumpled it, and dabbed it on the top repeatedly in different places for effect. Then more glue was applied to the top.
After the glue dried I removed the tape and this is the finishing product: a beautiful gold leaf jewelry box!
I really enjoyed decorating my jewelry box, which I now use everyday. Here are some other pictures from the Gold Leaf Museum:
Hideki Matsui, New York Yankees MVP 2009 and from the Kanazawa area!
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