Also called: Gold Leaf Artist, Frame Gilder
Applies paper-thin gold leaf to picture frames, furniture, signs, and building domes.
They prepare surfaces with layers of gesso and clay, then lift gold leaf thinner than tissue with a brush and lay it down. Burnishing makes it shine. Restoring state capitol domes is a highlight job.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Apprenticeship, about 2 years after high school. Apprenticeship or workshop training.
Ways in: Apprenticeship. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Fine Arts, Decorative Arts.
Growing slowly. Tiny niche.
Low risk for 10 years. Laying paper-thin gold leaf by hand on frames, signs and domes is handcraft robots don't do.
Classes: Art, Woodshop, Chemistry.
Official data: O*NET occupation 51-9123.
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