Festive Gold Leaf Gilding Workshop. Elton

Bubbles & Bright Gold.

Add a touch of pure luxury to your holiday decor this year! Join us for a creative, sparkling evening where you’ll be introduced to the beautiful art of gilding. Using delicate gold leaf, you'll transform festive decorations into stunning decor for your home. While you brush, lay, and burnish your gold leaf, we'll serve a complimentary glass of fizz and delicious festive treats. It’s the perfect way to unwind, get creative, and make something truly unique for the season.

Our expert Amelia Jane will show you how to use Dutch Gold Leaf to gild a Christmas Tea Light and a hanging decoration you can choose either a miniature house, reindeer or take a nostalgic journey back to the 19th century and in true Victorian fashion, gild real walnuts! Beautifully echo that enchanting era when A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens set the scene for a truly magical festive celebration.

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What to expect

• Premium Materials: your own workstation with all the gilding brushes, gold leaf, materials and tools that you'll need
• Professional instructor: Amelia Jane is a qualified conservator and restorer and will guide you through each step at your own pace 
• Festive Hospitality: Complimentary bubbles and festive treats
• Free onsite parking
• A friendly and relaxed environment in one of our garden centres

You'll leave having created wonderful, gilded items to take home which make fabulous mementos or presents for friends and family.

Timings

This workshop starts at 3pm and finishes at 5.30pm

Location

This workshop takes place at our Elton Garden Centre

Meet Amelia Jane

Professionally a Gilt Frame, Objects, and Decorative Surfaces Conservator and Restorer, Amelia Jane has a Masters degree in Conservation of Cultural Heritage from the University of Lincoln. Amelia has worked in the Fine Arts for six years gaining extensive experience in restoring and conserving antiques and worked with Kintsugi and developed the technique for beginners to enjoy this creative art. Look out for a Kintsugi workshop at Bosworth's next year!