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Silverpoint Stylus Maestro. Renaissance Workshop Materials
£290.00Length 220 mm. For use on prepared paper. Hand-forged in London from silver bullion. Renaissance Workshop Materials are historically authentic drawing materials and tools, which would be recognisable to the artists of Renaissance Europe. Each product is made in the workshop by hand, using historical methods. Each product is borne from the same historical, European craft tradition, as the drawings and artworks from the Renaissance. In the words of the artisan maker, 'We make these materials in order to experience the historical craft and method of drawing in the most authentic way possible.' Learn More -
Silverpoint Stylus, Artista. Renaissance Workshop Materials
£215.00Length 170mm. For use on prepared paper. Hand-forged in London from silver bullion. Renaissance Workshop Materials are historically authentic drawing materials and tools, which would be recognisable to the artists of Renaissance Europe. Each product is made in the workshop by hand, using historical methods. Each product is borne from the same historical, European craft tradition, as the drawings and artworks from the Renaissance. In the words of the artisan maker, 'We make these materials in order to experience the historical craft and method of drawing in the most authentic way possible.' Learn More -
Silverpoint Stylus, Garzone. Renaissance Workshop Materials
£130.00Length 160 mm. For use on prepared paper. Hand-forged in London from silver bullion. Renaissance Workshop Materials are historically authentic drawing materials and tools, which would be recognisable to the artists of Renaissance Europe. Each product is made in the workshop by hand, using historical methods. Each product is borne from the same historical, European craft tradition, as the drawings and artworks from the Renaissance. In the words of the artisan maker, 'We make these materials in order to experience the historical craft and method of drawing in the most authentic way possible.' Learn More -
Silverpoint Stylus, Artisan. Renaissance Workshop Materials
£180.00Length 190 mm. For use on prepared paper. Hand-forged in London from silver bullion. Renaissance Workshop Materials are historically authentic drawing materials and tools, which would be recognisable to the artists of Renaissance Europe. Each product is made in the workshop by hand, using historical methods. Each product is borne from the same historical, European craft tradition, as the drawings and artworks from the Renaissance. In the words of the artisan maker, 'We make these materials in order to experience the historical craft and method of drawing in the most authentic way possible.' Learn More -
Porte-Crayon Brass Holder, Renaissance Workshop Materials
£48.50Handmade Porte-Crayon in brass for holding chalk or charcoal. Commonly used by artists in the Renaissance for drawing, the piece of sharpened chalk or charcoal is inserted into the end of the holder and secured in place by a sliding ring. Learn More -
Bone White Pigment 100 grams, Renaissance Workshop Materials
£38.00To make grounds for silverpoint drawing. Learn More -
Tallow
Starting at: £34.60
Used in printmaking. Imparts softness and greasiness. An ingredient for producing soft etching ground. Learn More -
Roberson Copperplate Reducing Oil
Starting at: £24.00
Printing inks can be made by mixing powdered pigments with copperplate oil. Pour small quantity of oil into well of dry pigment and grind with glass muller untill smooth. Thin oil is then added until mixture has consistency of double cream. Thin, Medium or Thick. Learn More -
Techniques of Icon and Wall Painting
£40.00Techniques of Icon and Wall Painting - Egg Tempera, Fresco, Secco by Aidan Hart. The most comprehensive description to date of the techniques, formulae and history of Icon and Wall Painting. The book is beautifully designed and over its 490 pages, there are 450 coloured images and 180 drawings. Cornelissen materials are included in the text and in the images. Learn More -
Crocus Powder
Starting at: £12.00
A red amorphous powder consisting of ferric chloride oxide. Used as a colourant for ceramic glazes. Also used in polishing glass, metal, or gems. Also known as jeweller's rouge. Learn More -
Carborundum Powder
Starting at: £11.50
Carborundum Powder. Grid of coarseness: Fine 120/220, Medium 80/120, Coarse 60/80 Learn More -
Professional Gilders Cushion
Starting at: £75.00
L.Cornelissen & Son's Professional Gilders Cushions are handmade in London, using the highest quality materials. Soft, buffed suede nap goatskin stretched over a sturdy mahogany veneer panel, secured with brass tacks and some fitted with a genuine parchment windsheild. Learn More -
Pre-Lim Metal Burnisher
Starting at: £9.85
A gently abrasive paste for non-scratch cleaning of metals and many sensitive fine-art surfaces. Learn More -
Miniatum
Starting at: £16.60
Size for high gloss gilding on paper, degreased vellum, leather and flexible surfaces. *Please note - Colours of these products may vary slightly from those depicted in the photograph* Learn More -
Cornelissen Variegated Metal Leaf 260
Starting at: £23.00
Cornelissen Variegated Metal Leaf 260 Learn More -
Cornelissen 80 Red Gold Leaf 23 ct
Starting at: £63.80
Red Gold Leaf 23 ct, 80 x 80 mm. Book of 25 leaves. Coverage per book is 0.16 m2 (1.69 sq. feet) Learn More -
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Vulpex
Starting at: £13.25
Concentrated liquid soap. Mix with water or white spirit to clean surfaces such as gilt, stone or even paper. Learn More -
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Rohrer & Klingner Lithographic Inks
Starting at: £17.10
Liquid lithographic ink and solid (tushe) lithographic ink are highly resistant against acids and can be used to draw on stone, aluminium and zinc plates. Uses a highly dispersed pigment that is compounded from shellac, wax and soap. While the liquid ink is suited for complete covering, the tushe ink is excellent for halftones and transitions. * Please note that the Litho Tusche now comes in a cylindrical shape, rather than the rectangular stick photographed. Learn More -
Cornelissen Squirrel Mop
Starting at: £21.40
Traditional high quality soft hair mops with considerable colour carrying capacity. Useful for laying down large washes. Also used by gilders for tamping down gold leaf and for dusting. Learn More -
Gesso di Bologna
Starting at: £12.00
Gesso di Bologna is a bright white Calcium Sulphate, or gypsum, from Italy, which can be used as a substitute for whiting in the preparation of gesso. It is ground to a particularly fine powder, which makes it a suitable ground for gilding, as the small size of the particles allows for greater compression when burnishing. Learn More -
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Cornelissen 85 Antique Gold Leaf 23 3/4
Starting at: £78.50
Antique Gold Leaf 23 3/4 ct, Extra Thick. 85 x 85 mm. Book of 25 leaves. Coverage per book is 0.18 m2 (1.97 sq. feet) Learn More -
Charbonnel Oil Gold Size 3 hour
Starting at: £11.60
High quality oil based gold size. Well known for its predictability and length of open time. Tacky in 3 hours, remains open for 6 hours. Learn More -
Cornelissen Gold Powder 1 g Palladium
£115.00Cornelissen Gold Powder 1 gram Palladium. *While stocks last. Learn More -
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Shell Gold Watercolour 1/4 pan Silver
£27.00Shell gold, so named because it was historically made and stored in a shallow shell such as a mussel shell, consists of finely powdered genuine gold mixed with a variety of gums. It is mixed with a bit of water and applied in the same way as watercolour. After drying for an hour or so, it can be burnished to a soft, beautiful lustre using an agate stone burnishing tool.
Our Shell gold is used by calligraphers, framers, restorers, iconographers and watercolour artists.
In recent years our colour range of genuine gold has been extended and genuine Lapis Lazuli and genuine Malachite have also been added. Learn More


