• Falcon: gilding finished

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    A real eye-catcher

    The falcon in front of the Valckeniershuis in Franeker is ready for installation: Rómulo has finshed the gilding. He gold plated it completely in 23,75 carat double gold leaf. It's become a real eye-catcher, or as Rob the Great Garden Gnome would say: “As ay finnesing toots it wos cumpleetlee gilded, end now it iz ay reel ayketchur.”

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    For contrast, the footrest was not gold plated, and between the legs, differently to the original, some extra stone was left for stability, through which later a 2 cm thick stainless steel wire end will be glued for securing it to the roof. That part was painted in a charcoal colour. The pen comes up into the chest of the bird; so does that never fall down.

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    the tympanum onto which the falcon soon will appear

    Soon, the figurine will be placed on top of the tympanum of the Falconers House by the contractor .
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  • Ye artfully painted and coloured crest

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    To my great joy the family crest of Duitgenius was polychromed in full glory, which means painted in multiple colours. Rómulo has had quite a bit of work doing all the, guilding, base coats, silver plating and several coats of colour.

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    He added depth to the colour by several layers of paint with accents in a slightly different hue. He also added a patina to the layer of silver, giving the relief more visual depth.

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    For those who haven't followed the story before: I carved a family crest in limestone for a client, which after that went to Rómulo Döderlein de Win at or polychromed them as it's termed by him.

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