GOLD AND SILVER LEAFING

When the gold leaf is used to adorn any kind of surface by layering it on top of the surface, the process as known as gilding or gold leafing. The most highly regarded form of gilding is a process known as traditional water gilding. It has been in practice for hundreds of years, and until today, the process is more or less unchanged. It is done carefully by hand by trained professionals. Similarly, silver leafing is a process where the silver leaf is layered on a surface to adorn and decorate it. Silver leaf is thin sheets of real silver that have been hammered down in a process that is similar to goldbeating.