This fabulous staircase posed a technical dilemma for Balustrade manufacturers PSL. How do you integrate/weld a silver decorative metal ring into a powdered steel balustrade and have a seamless finish with two different composition metals?
The solution ?
They approached me and after creating samples, found the answer .... gilding straight onto the powder-coated metal with a silvery leaf. I could have created the circles in copper, gold, bronze, or a silvered finish. Gilding create a perfect and crisp finished edge against the steel.
This house in Hampstead had four fabulous floors of staircase balustrading including inner two light wells. The designer had specified inserting decorative circles of silver inserted to enhance the classical elegant design. Once the balustrades were in place I gilded on site, carefully to get the desired finish, although there were teams of contractors busying around me on other projects.
Both the the client and designer were thrilled with the final stunning effect. PSL will be happy to include gilding in further projects to create seamless metal effects without the problem of welding different materials.
