Artist Sarah A. Smith creates these beautiful Gold Drawings using metal leaf, corrosive, ink, and pencil.
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Sarah uses imitation gold leaf that was mined and manufactured in China. She then corrodes, tarnishes and destroys it with a chemical process.
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To create her master pieces, she dipped her brush into a jar of diluted copper sulfate and brushed it across the surface of the shiny metal leaf which creates an acidic reaction - an accelerated oxidation of elements- that makes all the dark brown brushwork.
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By using this technique, her intention is to convey a message about the harmful effects that human interventions can have on nature.
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"The oxidation illustrates pollution, disintegration, transformation of elements, changes, and the passage of time."
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All images are © Copyright of Sarah A. Smith
Check her website: http://www.sarahasmith.com/
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Sarah uses imitation gold leaf that was mined and manufactured in China. She then corrodes, tarnishes and destroys it with a chemical process.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxTNBUXWox5BRH8dD_rvkMN4TuMmIZQJnyi7tqnXfjSz9vcQP-rp6y8fhYjqmGPJnTqn8F5DND6XxrbC_9eCdUvfeH8nr50hyAhUEOD1RTIIFTHgBfm3_qpOn0zsOYXkJhvgFxb6gP9GgA/s1600/03.jpg)
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To create her master pieces, she dipped her brush into a jar of diluted copper sulfate and brushed it across the surface of the shiny metal leaf which creates an acidic reaction - an accelerated oxidation of elements- that makes all the dark brown brushwork.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxtZ93gmH4nqzq_X7oqvm2LmIOOENw3DQFzJT6yBYAvRj-Crw3W3ZjhVzP-YM-6d7x3ygpGoSjK4vKBVfdG5dykGfvpIOQ6mPoT2is6Ezdj9DqtMRKE8NEVOk4Rd8JGqoN3Hi2trR0BoGu/s1600/02.jpg)
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By using this technique, her intention is to convey a message about the harmful effects that human interventions can have on nature.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnpQDDBGh91864YjEssc4VwlhYtNwr3Lzks8973jwN-kmCJ8DoNSULfjpKOF4VK1bVP56rqtfkf-K5Xsznn2ae0XuGs8ZvTmysOHegVJreN6tjSiBnVqonSwscrO6hyphenhyphenGjhfFlWJbOxGX8D/s1600/05.jpg)
"The oxidation illustrates pollution, disintegration, transformation of elements, changes, and the passage of time."
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All images are © Copyright of Sarah A. Smith
Check her website: http://www.sarahasmith.com/
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