What is Shell Gold?

Shell gold is a paint made from genuine gold leaf which is ground down into a very fine powder and combined with a binder called gum arabic. The binder allows the gold to adhere to paper.

Once the shell gold has been burnished (polished), the gold shimmers softly and brings the art work to life. There really isn’t much difference between the original and the print once they have been carefully hand finished.

I use the finest 24k gold leaf to make my shell gold.