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AL BARAKAH PALACE JORDON In the latter part of 2001 Custom Frames were commissioned to gild ceiling panels destined for the Royal Al Barakah Palace Amman, Jordan ( Home of King Abdulla II ). These images show ceiling in place with lighting still to be installed. Sadly we didn’t get to see the final results.
Working with artists from Artistic Licence the 200 panels were decorated in Nottingham. Firstly the panels were sprayed with a base colour, artists then painstakingly painted in the embossed sections. Panels varied in size from small fillets approximately 300mm to Arabesque and star shapes of about 2 meters. Once the artists work was completed our team began to lay sheets of leaf (Silver and Gold) around all edges of the panels and specified sections of embossing. We used in excess of 8,000 sheets to complete this in a total of 6 weeks. In Spring of 2002 we were asked to fly to Amman and work in the Palace with artists to repair and make good any damage caused to the panels either in transit or while the ceiling was being constructed. We were also asked to supervise a local work team who were completing the frieze. |
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