Gold leaf gilding demonstration by Grania Scott

Name: Démonstration de dorure à la feuille d'or par Grania Scott
Start: 2023-09-16T10:30:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-16T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Maison de l'Or en Limousin

An art, an artist! Grania Scott will make us discover her passion: the work of the gold leaf, this material so fragile and so noble! Beyond the classic restoration, it will fascinate us with its...

Samedi 16 septembre 2023, 10h30Passé

©Grania Scott

An art, an artist! Grania Scott will make us discover her passion: the work of gold leaf, this material so fragile and so noble! Beyond the classic restoration, she will fascinate us with her creativity and her work on unusual natural supports such as wood, stone, metal. A landart approach by which Grania Scot expresses itself and makes this precious metal live: gold!
You can then discover the history and secrets of gold in Limousin by visiting the Maison de l'Or in Limousin: 2500 years of history, from the Gauls to the present day.

À propos du lieu

Maison de l'Or en Limousin

Rue du Paladas, 87500 Le Chalard

Haute-Vienne
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

The epic poem of the extraction of the gold in Limousin: a natural heritage and industrialist to discover! Material(Equipment) of the appearance(mine), old(former) objects, photos, panels(signs) and geological samples transport you across 2500 years of history(story), Celts and Gaul in our days. You will discover the secret world of this precious metal: geology, evolution of its exploitation(operation) in the region of Chalard, technologies of treatment(processing), places in our economy.