The form of crafting gold on ceramics has existed for a long time in the world and in our country there are also many traditional pottery villages with hundreds of years of producing gold-plated ceramic products. Crafted gold is ultra-thin gold leaf inlaid from industrial gold or real 24K gold. Together with Store Long Phuong Find the answer right in the article below.
1. What is gold processing on ceramics?
Crafting gold on ceramics is the way that skilled craftsmen use the technique of gilding or painting gold on ceramics to highlight the textures, creating a luxurious, unique, artistic creation for the product.
Gold plating technique often used in embossed motifs, gold painting is often used on smooth surfaces or contours for product borders.
2. What's the difference between gold-inlaid, gold-drawing and gold-gilding?
Gold-inlaid and gold-drawing , gold-gilding All are special processing techniques, using 24K gold or gold leaf as a material for drawing gold borders, painting and embossed textures.
However, gold plating and gold painting have different characteristics, typically in the processing technique.
Distinguishing table of gilded, gold-plated and gilded ceramics
| Gold-inlaid | Gold-drawing | Gold-gilding | |
| Skill | It is a decorative technique of pasting laminated gold foil on the surface of objects to create gold colors. | A technique commonly used to draw along the contours of textures. | It is the technique of inlaying a thin layer of gold onto the surface of copper or silver by chemical or electrochemical methods. |
| Procedure | After finishing inlaid, it will come to the finishing stage of the product. | After the artist finishes painting, it must be fired again to help the gold layer be firmly attached to the ceramic glaze. | Inlaid similar to some industrial electronics |
| Golden ratio | Tall | Medium | Medium |
| Reliability | Nearly 20 years (depending on how it is stored and used) | Nearly 30-40 years (depending on how to store and use) | Anti-oxidation, anti-corrosion |
However, in the art of making ceramics, many methods are used for inlaid porcelain and drawing porcelain
3. Advantages and disadvantages of Gold-drawing and Gold-inlaid
3.1. Gold-inlaid
- Advantages
Gold-Crafting helps the surface suitable porcelain more shiny, and luxurious, adding feng shui elements, luck, and attracting fortune.
Gold inlaid can be done with all different small and large motifs. This is also a unique flexibility that few manufacturing methods can do.
- Defect
It takes a lot of time and effort of the craftsman. High demands in the craftsman's experience. Easy to peel off if cleaned vigorously.
The average life span is more than 20 years, then it has to be re-polished.
For the gilding method, artisans often use embossed pattern to highlight the product.
3.2. Gold-drawing
- Advantages
The manufacturing process is faster than inlaid with gold. The manual technical requirements of the craftsman are not too high.
Long life, if properly maintained, can be used for 30-40 years.
- Defect
Although gold has high scratch resistance, when painting gold the product still needs to be heated through again. Gold-drawing ceramics are more suitable for small products, gold-painted ceramic ingots also need to be of good quality, if the workpiece is not good when it heats up the second time, it will be very easy to break, so the product will be damaged and the gold will be lost painted on.
The gold painting technique is often used by artisans in porcelain products with a smooth surface. But most use it as a border to highlight the product.
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4. The process of making 18k and 24k gold on ceramics
- Step 1: Smooth and white clean ceramic products
- Step 2: Coated with a smooth enamel and a sticky layer of paint. After about 8 to 10 hours, the glue will completely dry and then proceed to apply another layer of paint.
- Step 3: When the paint is dry, the craftsman uses a brush to draw according to the patterns and lines on the ceramic.
- Step 4: Wait for the glue to dry completely for a few hours. Gold should only be applied when the glue is completely dry. This step is absolutely not done while the glue is still wet because this will cause the yellow leaves to wrinkle and will not dry because there is no ability to adhere to the yellow leaves.
- Step 5: When the gold is completely covered, use a bristle brush to sweep and perform cleaning steps. The gold dust will stick to the product and when the gold has adhered, we need time to make the dust layer dry. Within the next 30 days will proceed to paint more glossy coating on the outside.
5. Products are made of gold on ceramics
5.1. Heavenly Horse teapot set – Crafting gold on porcelain
Set of teapots with Heavenly Horses motifs: Thien is heaven, Ma is a horse. The two golden horses and the classic patterns that are polished and plated by skilled craftsmen are products that attract a lot of attention from customers. Because it looks both luxurious and modern.
5.2. Long Phuong tea set – Crafting gold on ceramics
Long Phuong tea set has an elegant look. Made from pure, benign materials, free of harmful substances such as lead, cadmium... The main white color, adorned around are delicate gold-plated borders, motifs of seamless, seamless lines. Country sister Quan Ho. The lid of the teapot is painted with a wide red border with classic and unique patterns.
5.3. Long Phuong dish set – Crafting gold on ceramics
Long Phuong dish set is made from durable porcelain, and the surface is covered by a shiny, smooth white enamel, combined with gold-plated borders, which enhances the luxury and fashion of the product. The dish set is a perfect choice, ordered by many restaurants and hotels in bulk.
5.4. Loc Binh – Making gold on ceramics
Loc vase painted in 24K gold carries aura representing blessings. Therefore, this feng shui vase is a presence for wealth and prosperity, blessings to fill the house, a flourishing family line, and eternal children.
5.5. Gold-drawing worship set – Crafting gold in ceramics
Along with that, embossed patterns are handcrafted by skillful hands of skilled craftsmen. In addition, high-quality ceramic materials and delicate embossed motifs inlaid with gold bring a luxurious, classy and spiritual worship space.
6. Detailed video tutorial on making gold on ceramics
7. Long Phuong Porcelain – Manufacturer and supplier of high-class household porcelain
Long Phuong specializes in providing products household porcelain, unique craft line, unpopular, mass-produced. You need to find quality products, with high aesthetics, please contact us to choose the right products.
We have a team of knowledgeable staff who are always ready to serve you. In addition to teapots, we also provide other ceramic products including cups, kettles, cups, jam trays...
Long Phuong ensures that, when you visit and choose our products, you will not be disappointed with your choice.
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- What is flammable glaze ceramic? Artistic features in flammable glaze ceramic
- How are ceramics different? How to distinguish ceramic and porcelain simply
- Simple and accurate way to identify antique porcelain
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