Keum Boo – How To Apply Gold Foil In Jewellery Making

What is Keum-Boo?

October 23, 2015 Tony Rogers 0

Keum boo, also known as Kum-boo and or Kum-bu, and pronounced as “Come-boo”, means ‘attached gold” in Korea. It involves applying a 24k gold to the surface of silver, and is a popular part of […]

The Ancient Art of “Keum Boo” Used In Jewellery Collections

October 9, 2015 Tony Rogers 0

Jewellery is one of the demands that any human being has – may it be a man or a woman. It gives beauty and adds to the spectacular appearance of anyone who wears it. Because […]

How Is Gold Leaf Made?

October 3, 2015 Tony Rogers 0

Gold leaf has been widely known for centuries because of its contribution to the world of culinary arts. It is one of the best tools that are used to decorate pastries, cakes and other exquisite […]

Edible Gold Leaf – The Culinary Uses of Gold Leaf

October 3, 2015 Tony Rogers 0

Gold is used often as an instrument to adorn a simple jewelry and turn it into something that is really incredible. It has a mystifying effect in anything where it is added to, thus transpiring […]

What is Gold Leafing?

September 24, 2015 Tony Rogers 0

Pure gold is an element, not an alloy, or for that matter, a compound. What that means is, gold can be compressed to any extent, even to an atomic level, without it ever losing its […]

In this video Celie Fago, author of Keum-Boo on Silver demonstrates the ancient art of keum-boo using the UltraLite Beehive Kiln. She uses various tools to keep the gold foil in place whilst using a […]

Making Gold Leaf and The Keum Boo Technique On Jewellery Pendant

September 9, 2015 Tony Rogers 0

This video demonstrates how to make your own gold foil and then apply it using the keum-boo technique.

How Much Gold Leaf Can You Safely Consume?

September 3, 2015 Tony Rogers 0

Theoretically, you could eat your fill of 24-karat gold without falling ill. Pure gold is chemically inert and passes through the human digestive system without being absorbed into the body.

How Gold Foil is Created From Start to Finish

May 23, 2015 Tony Rogers 0

This video demonstrates how gold foil is created from the first stage of melting the ingots, all the way up to the final packaging of the gold foil. There are quite a few stages needed […]