The gilding on the copper cross is finally complete! You’ll notice a few areas around the copper collar that still have bare patches. The reason for this is, the copper collar is the transition between the base of the cross and where it attaches to the spire underneath. We still need to solder the pieces together. Soldering a pre-gilded surface is not a workable practice, so we’ll gild those spots after assembly.
Tomorrow we assemble the cross and spire and solder the as of yet ungilded regions on the collar. When that is accomplished, we’ll quickly gild those untreated areas and the whole spire will be complete.
We’re videoing the assembly, so watch out for some exciting footage. In fact, as the project nears completion, you can expect to see far grander pictures than have ever been posted thus far!
We are building a “clean room” in preparation to gild the cross. As soon as the clean room is finished, which will probably be tomorrow, we’ll start priming. We’ll show you this process in the next couple of posts.
For now, enjoy some more copper cross progress pictures followed by pictures of the cross suspended in a frame which will become our clean room.
