Collaborative Work > Gilding

mixed media, woman artist, Belfast, Maine artist
Animation 1
23kt gold and palladium monoprint, hand-loomed silk, dyed shape resist
79 x 32"
2002
mixed media, woman artist, Belfast, Maine artist
Animation 2
23kt gold, hand-loomed silk, dyed shape resist
79 x 32"
2008
mixed media, woman artist, Belfast, Maine artist, Wadsworth Museum Collection
Animation 3
23kt gold, hand-loomed silk, dyed shape resist
79 x 32"
2008
mixed media, woman artist, Belfast, Maine artist
Animation 4
23kt gold, hand-loomed silk, dyed shape resist
78 x 30"
2008
mixed media, woman artist, Belfast, Maine artist
Animation 4 (Detail)
23kt gold, hand-loomed silk, dyed shape resist
78 x 30"
2008
mixed media, woman artist, Belfast, Maine artist
Animation 5
23kt gold, hand-loomed silk, dyed shape resist
79 x 32"
2008
mixed media, woman artist, Belfast, Maine artist
Animation 5 (Detail)
23kt gold, hand-loomed silk, dyed shape resist
2008

Gilding Invention
From 2002 - 2008 Michele Ratté collaborated on large-scale gilded mono-prints with fellow artist, Joan Morris (joanmorrisartist.com). Working together they invented a process for permanent application of precious metals onto textiles, and were awarded a U.S. Patent for their process. Their collaborative work has been exhibited widely in the U.S. and abroad, and is in the permanent collections of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art and The Rhode Island School of Design Art Museum.