Falcon: gilding finished

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.

Soon, the figurine will be placed on top of the tympanum of the Falconers House by the contractor .
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