This page demonstrates my use of the ancient Korean technque of Keum Boo.  This involves careful preparation of the silver surface, then fusing a thin sheet of gold to form a robust gold layer.   | 
          
          
            Gold cats | 
          
          
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            | This cat brooch has a continuous film.  | 
          
          
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            | This pair of cat brooches have just got small gold collars.  You can start to get a feel for the thickness of gold on the left cat.  | 
          
          
            Gold highlighted earrings | 
          
          
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            These earrings had the gold leaf fused and then rolled with a pattern plate to get the texture.   | 
          
          
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            | Here are some more examples with a touch of gold applied using the Keum Boo technique  | 
          
          
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            I work in gold on request - for example the opal  ring on my  rings page and I have had work gold plated - notably the golden  hazelnut.   |