Leafing is made of metals including gold, aluminum, copper and brass.
Metal Leaf is a malleable metal sheet with the thickness of a piece of paper and you can apply metal leaf to various surfaces such as metal, fabric, porcelain, leather, wood, plastic stone, canvas, ceramic,glass, plaster of paris and paper. Also useful on architectural structures and or delicate miniatures
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GOLD LEAF
- is genuine gold, hammered and rolled into tissue thin sheets
SILVER LEAF
- is beaten into paper thin foil and is referred to silver leaf
COPPER LEAF
- is made from pure copper
VARIEGATED LEAF
- is metal which has been treated to create colorful patterns in leaf
- comes in several color types
- metal is treat heated to create beautiful random colorful patterns
IMITATION LEAF
- is called composition which is 85% brass and 15% zinc