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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare for job
   • Surface to be decorated is prepared
   • Edges are trimmed, scraped and sanded as appropriate to the technique being used
   • Appropriate size, mordant or glair is prepared and applied
2. Carry out marbling
   • Bath is prepared with gum or water as appropriate to technique being used
   • Equipment is selected and set up according to job and manufacturer’s specifications
   • Colours are mixed to correct consistency for required spread
   • Books are tied up if edges are to be marbled
   • Bath is prepared according to job specifications
   • Substrate is correctly dipped and removed, then rinsed and dried
3. Gild edges with leaf
   • Book is loaded into laying press
   • Red bole or black lead (graphite) is correctly applied and treated
   • Gold and glair are correctly applied and burnished
4. Gild edges mechanically
   • Substrate is loaded into press
   • Substrate is prepared according to technical requirements
   • Gilding machine is set up with appropriate pressure, heat and dwell time
   • Gilding foil is applied to substrate using correct technique
   • Appropriate additives are used if foil fails to take
5. Carry out gauffering
   • Design to be transferred is drawn up using correct technique
   • Tools are selected and prepared
   • Book is locked into laying press
   • Impressions are made ensuring even result
6. Carry out staining or sprinkling or spraying
   • Books or papers are positioned and clamped or weighted
   • Covering colour is prepared according to job specifications
   • Colour is applied with sponge, spray gun, roller or sprinkling brush as appropriate, ensuring even application and adequate time to dry
7. Apply graphite
   • Book is locked into laying press
   • Graphite powder is applied using the correct technique
   • Edges are burnished to required effect
8. Carry out burnishing
   • Book is locked into laying press
   • Bloodstone or agate tools are selected as appropriate
   • Beeswax is suppled in fine film or worked through waxed paper
   • Edges of book are burnished using appropriate pressure
9. Make paste paper
   • Paste is prepared to correct consistency and colour
   • Required patterns are created using brushes, combs, dies or pulling off

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

correctly decorate paper using any THREE processes OR using TWO processes of which one must be marbling or gilding. For each process, produce TWO jobs (if possible, using different sizes, styles and substrates), according to manufacturer’s and job specifications, enterprise procedures and listed performance criteria.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

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Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:

identify work health and safety factors for using various methods of paper decoration

identify size/mordant/glair used for a particular process and its appropriate strength

explain FIVE methods of application, and describe where each is used

determine surface preparation timing before treatment

explain different gums used in the bath, and the correct consistency required of the bath

determine likely causes of blank spots on the substrate and explain importance of keeping the substrate free of dust

explain how to control of spread of colour

describe temperature affect on the marbling process

identify reasons for gold not sticking

explain the repair of a break in a gilt edge

describe methods of picking up gold leaf for edge gilding

determine the technique used for gilding in the round

explain the difference of antique gilding from a solid gilt edge

determine use of red bole or black lead with the gold

describe the technique used to obtain an even impression

explain the consequence of inappropriate pressure

list ways to ensure an even finish

explain how to minimise colour absorption in absorbent stocks

confirm methods to prevent colour appearing on an adjacent edge

list how correct consistency of graphite/paste mixture is determined

list ways an even coating is ensured

identify the most common fault with burnished edges

list steps to ensure a smooth result

list ways correct consistency for paste is determined

list ways colour fastness is ensured

explain techniques to produce different patterns or effects

identify manuals, safety and other documentation relevant to this task, where they are kept, and the information included in them.

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