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Gold is efficiently beaten into fine decorative sheets to form gold leafs. Gold leaf was first manufactured in Egypt by beating up gold into fine sheets. Due to its high malleability and durability, gold can be easily beaten into sheets.
Gold leafs are most popularly used for gilding purposes. They are used to beautify things such as picture frames so that the same can look resplendent with golden rims. In fact, they form a primary object of decoration and are used to give scintillating golden touches to objects. The non-toxic gold leafs are used as chocolate and food wrappings to make the products more secure from germs, appealing and marketable. Alfred and Ursula Weyermann, situated at Melbourne in Australia is one of the most renowned gold beating companies.
There are different types of gold leafs such as loose gold leaf, double gold leaf, white gold leaf, transfer gold leaf and patent gold leaf.
Initially, gold leafs were manually made. Gold was led over a big flat stone and was beaten with another stone to give it a thin shape. The process of making gold leafs has changed in today’s hi-tech world. Highly efficient computerized machines are employed to produce gold leafs. These machines have also transformed the task of making sheets into a much easier process. Today in the market, new and advanced systems are available such as the Kolner System which enables easy and effortless gold leaf gilding.
Gold leaves are also very costly because they are produced out of gold which is very dear. Thus, gold leaf is an important product of gold and has great significance in the world of art and creativity.
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