Bole- a smooth clay/water mixture: applied i n layers over a surface in preparation for gold leafing. Use this past mixture and mix it with Rabbit skin glue to get the best surface for gold leafing.
Whiting-Limestone (calcium carbonate) : mix with fish or hide glue and apply several layers to surface to create a hard sooth surface; sand between each application
Medussa cement can be used in stead of limestone
Gesso-a hard compound of plaster of Paris or whiting in glue(Rabbit) used in sculpture or as a base for gilding or painting on wood.
Guilders brush-picks up gold leaf by static electricity
Target acrylic--a water based acrylic lacquer: excellent to spray on.
(Cover the nozzle of the spray gun with a plastic cap foam filled and dampened to prevent the nozzle from hardening over.)
Ochre-a coloured clay to make Bole
Agate-stone used to smooth on the gold leaf
Fibonacci numbers or Fibonacci sequence are the numbers in the following integer sequence:
or (often, in modern usage):
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By definition, the first two numbers in the Fibonacci sequence are either 1 and 1, or 0 and 1, depending on the chosen starting point of the sequence, and each subsequent number is the sum of the previous two.
Golden Ratio
In mathematics, two quantities are in the golden ratio if their ratio is the same as the ratio of their sum to the larger of the two quantities. Expressed algebraically, for quantities a and b with a > b > 0,
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) represents the golden ratio. Its value is:
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