Aurora Decorative Finishes LLC

Specializing in verre eglomise, antique mirrors, architectural gilding and handmade wallcoverings

Mural on 9 panels of wallcovering heading to installation next week by Pettis Decorating. Thanks again to our fabulous team! @shonadockter @apropos_studio @sssssskip @jamiereich @victoria_secret_the_cat @twistinteriordesign 
Couldn’t have done this without you xxx

Mural on 9 panels of wallcovering heading to installation next week by Pettis Decorating. Thanks again to our fabulous team! @shonadockter @apropos_studio @sssssskip @jamiereich @victoria_secret_the_cat @twistinteriordesign
Couldn’t have done this without you xxx
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I haven’t posted for quite some time.  Lots of travel work, Society of Gilders  events, then recently this lovely commission painted on panels for @twistinteriordesign. Heading to its forever home soon.  I’m going to miss seeing this landscape!  Thanks so much to @shonadockter and @sssssskip for their help. Thanks to  @apropos_studio and @areaenvironments for the space. 
#customwallcovering #landscapemural #aurora.finishes #muralpainting

I haven’t posted for quite some time. Lots of travel work, Society of Gilders events, then recently this lovely commission painted on panels for @twistinteriordesign. Heading to its forever home soon. I’m going to miss seeing this landscape! Thanks so much to @shonadockter and @sssssskip for their help. Thanks to @apropos_studio and @areaenvironments for the space.
#customwallcovering #landscapemural #aurora.finishes #muralpainting
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Summer time play date with @shonadockter!  Can’t get enough.  thanks again to @racheldein for her inspiration.  Already thinking about where this path will lead….

Summer time play date with @shonadockter! Can’t get enough. thanks again to @racheldein for her inspiration. Already thinking about where this path will lead…. ...

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Clowning around with my gilding buddies in Chi-town before the big “Gold on Glass” event over at the Davis theatre tomorrow!
@illuminationartanddesign 
@balabuszkojoe 
Everyone welcome. Check out ticket info at GGCHI.Com 
This event features an artist talk with
@misterhong1 
@davesmithartist 
@eddyartist 
@lynesandco 
Thanks to sponsorship from @thesocietyofgilders and @wbgoldleaf 
See you there ~!

Clowning around with my gilding buddies in Chi-town before the big “Gold on Glass” event over at the Davis theatre tomorrow!
@illuminationartanddesign
@balabuszkojoe
Everyone welcome. Check out ticket info at GGCHI.Com
This event features an artist talk with
@misterhong1
@davesmithartist
@eddyartist
@lynesandco
Thanks to sponsorship from @thesocietyofgilders and @wbgoldleaf
See you there ~!
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As the current president, I was honored to represent the Society of Gilders at the International Salon hosted by Heidi Zilmer in Horsens, Denmark.  This incredible annual event brings together some of the world’s finest decorative artisans to share and exhibit their work.
This year’s theme was Nordic mythology. As a small thank-you to Heidi, I gifted her a gilded glass piece inspired by Pierre Belon’s “Estranges Poissons Marins” (Serpent of the Sea). I finished the gold sky—literally—just before the closing dinner.  She graciously posed with me before we dashed off to get on our party clothes.  I hope she has some 22K gold leaf to finish the messy bits!

Reverse gilding on glass made with 22K gold, Silver, Japanese blue silver, mica powder and oil paints 

Thanks to @yaekokurimata for the Japanese blue silver 

@decorativepaintingsalon @thesocietyofgilders #thesocietyofgilders 
@heidi_zilmer #decorativepaintingsalon 
#Gilding #DecorativeArts #NordicMythology #GoldLeaf #Salon2025 #PetriBellonii #GratitudeInGold #pierrebelon

As the current president, I was honored to represent the Society of Gilders at the International Salon hosted by Heidi Zilmer in Horsens, Denmark.  This incredible annual event brings together some of the world’s finest decorative artisans to share and exhibit their work.
This year’s theme was Nordic mythology. As a small thank-you to Heidi, I gifted her a gilded glass piece inspired by Pierre Belon’s “Estranges Poissons Marins” (Serpent of the Sea). I finished the gold sky—literally—just before the closing dinner.  She graciously posed with me before we dashed off to get on our party clothes.  I hope she has some 22K gold leaf to finish the messy bits!

Reverse gilding on glass made with 22K gold, Silver, Japanese blue silver, mica powder and oil paints

Thanks to @yaekokurimata for the Japanese blue silver

@decorativepaintingsalon @thesocietyofgilders #thesocietyofgilders
@heidi_zilmer #decorativepaintingsalon
#Gilding #DecorativeArts #NordicMythology #GoldLeaf #Salon2025 #PetriBellonii #GratitudeInGold #pierrebelon
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