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I'm a London based artist & gilder, creating bespoke gold & silver leaf wall art. Using traditional decorative gilding techniques I water gild onto carved gesso panels. Inspired by the natural world, my work features nature, bees, butterflies, dragonflies & plants.
Examples of recent work available by commission.
Rose gold leaf allium and cow parsley.
Raised gesso and carved 24 carat rose gold leaf gilded panels of allium and cow parsley.
Moon gold leaf ivy bees.
Carved and raised gesso panel, water gilded and burnished in 22 carat moon gold leaf bees on ivy.
Moon gold leaf 'garden tiger' moths.
Carved and raised gesso panel, water gilded and burnished in 22 carat moon gold leaf of garden tiger moths and ferns.
Moon gold leaf 'emperor' moths.
Moon Gold leaf 22 carat carved gesso relief panel with burnished emperor moths on ferns.
Moon gold leaf 'tiger' moths.
Moon Gold leaf 22 carat carved gesso relief panel with burnished gold leaf tiger moths on ferns.
Set of four gold leaf butterflies.
Gold leaf 22 carat carved gesso relief panel with burnished gold leaf butterflies (swallowtail, monarch & peacock butterfly).
Set of four gold leaf bees and honeycomb.
Gold leaf 22 carat carved gesso relief panel with burnished gold leaf honey bees on honeycomb.
Gold leaf 'Spanish moon' moth.
Carved and raised gesso panel, water gilded and burnished in 22 carat gold leaf of Spanish moon moth.
Gold leaf 'peacock' butterflies.
Carved and raised gesso panel, water gilded and burnished in 22 carat gold leaf of peacock butterflies on ivy.
Palladium leaf bumblebee.
Carved and raised gesso panel, water gilded and burnished palladium leaf garden bumble bee.
Palladium leaf 'Camberwell beauty' butterfly.
Carved and raised gesso panel, water gilded and burnished in palladium leaf Camberwell Beauty butterfly.
Palladium Leaf Dragonfly.
Raised and carved gesso Dragonfly panel in palladium gold leaf.
Octopus silver gilded wall panel.
Octopus in carved and raised gesso gilded in silver leaf.
Gold leaf 'astrantia' flower.
Astrantia flower wall panel in raised gesso gilded in 24 carat gold leaf.
Peacock feather in gold leaf.
Peacock feather carved gesso with distressed hand gilded gold leaf.
Rose gold leaf bullfinches and teasels.
Carved and raised gesso panel , water gilded in burnished 22 carat gold leaf of bullfinches on teasel seed-heads.
Rose gold leaf anemone.
Carved and raised gesso panel, water gilded in 22 carat red gold leaf of a Japanese anemone.
Blossom panel in gilded rose gold leaf.
Blossom panel in raised and carved red gold leaf.
Palladium Gold Leaf Dragonfly and Silver Leaf Octopus
Carved and raised gesso gilded palladium leaf dragonfly panel. Carved and raised gesso gilded silver leaf octopus panel.
Gold leaf Astrantia wall panel
Astrantia flower wall art gilded and burnished raised gesso in 24 carat gold leaf.
Selection of gold and silver leaf artworks.
A selection of gold and silver gilded art works.
Pink lily flowers in caplain gold leaf
Lily pads and flowers panel in raised and carved gilded caplain gold leaf.
Moon gold leaf Carp and Lilies.
Coy carp and lily pads in raised and carved gesso gilded in moon gold leaf.
Moon gold leaf lilies.
Blue lily flowers and lily pads carved and raised gesso gilded in moon gold leaf.
Lily flowers and lily pads in caplain gold leaf panel.
Lily flowers and lily pads carved and raised gesso gilded in caplain gold leaf.
Gesso silver leaf.
Autumnal leaf raised and gilded in tarnished silver leaf.
Bipinnate leaves panel in gold leaf.
Raised and carved gesso panel gilded in 24 carat gold leaf.
Cotinus in 24 carat gold leaf.
Cotinus leaves carved and gilded in 24 carat gold leaf.
Ginkgo Leaf in gold leaf
Ginkgo leaves in carved gesso and burnished gold leaf
Star Anise in gold leaf.
Star Anise panels raised and carved gesso gilded in caplain gold leaf.
Rose hips series in gesso and gold leaf.
Rose hips series in raised and painted gesso and gold leaf.
Blossoms and Anemone in painted gesso and gold leaf.
Three panels of blossom, anemone flowers in raised and carved painted gesso with gold leaf.
Bees and honeycomb in 22 carat gold leaf.
Gold leaf 22 carat carved gesso relief panel with burnished gold leaf honey bees on honeycomb.
Gold leaf bees and honeycomb.
Gold leaf 22 carat carved gesso relief panel with burnished gold leaf honey bees on honeycomb.
Bronze leaf and stained glass ‘Folium’ panel.
Large Folium Dutch metal bronze leaf panel with verre églomisé gilded gold leaf Folium design onto stained glass inset panels.
Artists Studio view.
Inside artist’s gilding studio.
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Artists studio.
Artist drawing
Photography by Justine Stoddart.
Camilla Meddings - artist and gilder
Picture of Camilla Meddings in her studio by photographer Justine Stoddart.