Frances is a gilder/illustrator who has been combining gold with glass

for over three decades.

Frances Federer graduated from Camberwell College of Art in 1967.

Learning the art of gilding during the course of her career as a restorer where she worked for museums and interior designers.

Frances completed her MPhil in 'Gold, Glass and the Image' at the RCA

and is now a well respected exhibiting artist in her own right.

Her work uses techniques which are over six hundred years old and can take the form

of wall hangings, blown glass, furniture screens and jewellery.

Layers of paint and gilding (Gold Leaf) on glass create an interesting interplay of light and reflection, the ancient Art of "Verre Eglomise", gilded and painted glass.

Frances Federer has exhibited worldwide and is represented in important permanent collections: V & A in London and the Corning Museum of Glass in New York.