Gold mosaics

Technique So-called “golds” are basically tiles in which a thin layer of metal (primarily gold, but also silver, bronze and other alloys) is heat-bonded between two glass layers. The technique comes from the cemetery glass of the early Christians, where the leaf was applied and fixed with a resin and a transparent sheet. The use of golf leaf is connected with the sacred world, given the abstract and almost mystic nature that it gives to surfaces. Gold-leaf mosaics are often used in Arabia on mosque minarets, towers, bell towers, vaults and cupolas. Gold leaf is also commonly used in the Orthodox world for icons, walls, apsides and pediments seen in so many Russian churches.

Production 1) A direct technique is preferred for the assembly of the gold-leaf tiles, where the tiles are applied directly on the support. 2) The special characteristic of this production method is the inclination of the tiles: the light effect changes depending on their arrangement.