Gilded Leather?

[Jason Austin]

Has anybody ever tried gilding leather? Like with the sheets of gold foil you can get. I think it might look nice in background areas.

[ryanf]

Plenty of old leather-bound books were gilded.

Here's a website I found a while back showing the process of gilding carved leather --

http://www.alleycats...ther/Gilded.htm

[amuckart]

Have a look at http://chestofbooks.com/crafts/general/Arts-And-Crafts-Magazine/The-Art-of-Bookbinding-V-Gilding.html

and http://www.edenworkshops.com/Gilding_-_A_Free_Step_by_Step_Guide_to_Gilding_on_leather.html

They deal with bookbinding, but the principles are the same.