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Calligraphy, Chalk, Rajiv Surendra, Restaurant, Toronto, Work |

November 2, 2012

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John & Sons Oyster House – BEFORE AND AFTER chalkboards

 

When I was asked to re-do the boards at John & Sons, the new Oyster bar on Yonge Street, at Balmoral, gold leaf somehow popped into my head and I decided to take on a new venture – gilding the chalkboards.   This was a bit of a tricky task, but the finished results were stunning.  Applying the sizing, then the gold leaf and finally filling all the gold borders in with chalk – BEFORE AND AFTER:

 

 


BEFORE

 

 

 

AFTER

 

 

 

 

APPLYING THE GILDING SIZE (GLUE)

 

 

BRUSHING OFF THE EXCESS GOLD LEAF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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