Member Projects & Events including photo outings.

Check the PhotoZone Meeting educational events HERE.  We have many educational events planned.  All will take place after our meetings regularly scheduled on the third Sunday each month.  Meetings are held at The Emerald Art Center, 500 Main street in Springfield.  Meetings start at 1:00pm.  Visitors are welcome. Please enter by the side door on 5th St.  Special events usually start around 3:00pm. Note: the events page will open in a new tab.

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Sandy Brown Jensen - Hand Gilded photos on Vellum.

Process description:

Hand-gilding photos into one-of-a-kind art work is not so much labor intensive as it is an exercise in patience. 

  • The photo is first printed using inkjet on translucent vellum paper.

  • The vellum with the image is then stabilized with a coat of water-based acrylic lacquer on both sides and dried throughly.

  • I apply a special size (or glue) to the back of the image, which takes a long time to set up, ready for the next step. If I am doing a duo-tone or tri-tone, the size is applied separately for each metal.

  • I apply patent gold, copper, silver or pure palladium to the size by hand.

  • The final project is then spray varnished many times with a product that makes the vellum even more translucent and ensures the archival quality of the finished art.