Which brush should I use to apply gold leaf?

[罗雁 LuoYan]

Could you tell me which brush I can use to apply golf leaf?

Thanks!

– Maire

[罗雁 LuoYan]

Dear Ms. Marie,

 

Thank you very much for contacting us! There are many different ways to apply gold leaf and different interesting tools/ materials are used. For the brush, we recommend you to use brush with stiff animal hairs such as weasel hair, horse hair, rabbit hair.

 

According to the hair grade and the performance, we list these three types brushes from best to ordinary.

• Top: rabbit hair brush (it is normally small because top rabbit hair is very valuable and rare. The brush is the finest. It is suitable for very delicate application of gold leaf.)

https://www.inkston.com/shops/brushes/zi-hao/

• Good: pure weasel hair. You can find different sizes and this is the mostly used brushes.

https://www.inkston.com/shops/brushes/weasel-hair-brush/

• Ordinary: horse hair brush. It is very economic. However, the hair might be too stiff and would sometimes break gold leaf. You need to be careful.

https://www.inkston.com/shops/brushes/horse-hair/

 

For me, any brush from them listed above would be a suitable one. ? We would also recommend you to prepare some other materials to make the most of these very fine gold leaves. I am not sure if you are familiar with gold leaf application already. In Chinese art, we would also use materials such as Vaseline, natural glue, bamboo knife, etc.

 

Ah, yes, I would very much recommend you to prepare a bamboo knife because this is very useful when you need to cut the gold leaf.

 

Bamboo Mounting Spatula/ Knife for Cutting Paper and Gold Leaf

 

Thank you very much for your enquiry! We are  also preparing one article about different skills to apply gold leaf. These skills include traditional Chinese methods and very interesting skills shared by our European clients who themselves are professional artist. ? Please do feel free to contact us at any time!

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