Bridie Mai West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

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Bridie Mai creates stunning art pieces using glass, masterfully blending gold gilding skills with traditional sign writing painting. Also moving into Stained Glass and have a passion to mix these old techniques in the modern world.

Reverse gilding is the technique of applying gold leaf to the back surface of glass, so the viewer sees the finished work through the glass itself. It’s a dance of precision, patience, and luminous illusion—because every mark you make is reversed, layered backwards, and revealed only when the glass is flipped.