This special gilding kit is the creation of Carlie Allan from Buck & Bear Design. A prolific traditional signwriter and gilder, Carlie has her own studio where she creates bespoke wall art and signs. Buck & Bear has also featured on many TV programs. You may have seen Carlie's work on shows such as BBC1 Interior Design Masters, Channel 5 Dream Home Makeovers and Channel 4 George Clark's Old House New Home
The items in the kit will give you a good foundation for all the tools you will need for traditional signwriting and painting on glass. You can even combine them with the items in our other kits. Using a Glass Gilding Kit along with this kit will to allow you to create fabulous personal artwork and traditional reverse gilded pieces combining paint and gold leaf
The kit contains:
- Sable Chisel Writers, 1 x No. 1 and 1 x No. 5 - These sable haired brushes are the traditional tools of the trade. The bristles are genuine Sable hair formed to a chisel point, used for broad strokes and narrow lines. Perfect for straight lines and sharp edges.
- Aluminium Mahl Stick - This metal stick will support your arm away from the work while you're painting. This helps reduce fatigue and stops you smudging your paint! The rod unscrews into three small sections, letting it easily fit into your storage box. Also, the rubber head won't damage your surface when rested on it!
- 1-Shot Signwriting Enamel, 1 x 118ml Black and 1 x 118ml Magenta - 1-Shot Enamel Paints are the last word in signwriting and pinstriping paint and this American brand has a respected pedigree. The two paints included will form the basis for your sign painting and if you want more colours, we stock the whole 1-Shot range!
- Neatsfoot Oil, 1 x 250ml - This oil is used to care for your brushes by oiling them, preserving the hair between uses and alleviating build up of paint pigment in the ferrule. Neatsfoot Oil is non-drying but can be easily washed out of the bristles before use by using a solvent.
- Charcoal - Fine quality artists charcoal that can be used to mark out your painting before you start and is easy to remove!
- Low-tack Tape, 1 x 6mm roll - This yellow paper backed tape is great for masking out straight lines for your pieces and the low tack adhesive will cleanly peel off most surfaces and leave no residue behind.
- Paper Dipper Pots - This kit also includes 10 paper disposable dipper pots, these are perfect for decanting a small amount of paint and white spirits into, rather than working out of a paint pot and risking contaminating the lot! The small size means you can balance them on your palette while you work and easily dip your brush in when you need more paint!
