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The artistic process Patrick Guyton uses to create his art is exacting, volatile, and precarious. This may sound hyperbolic, but for Guyton, something as simple as using the wrong paintbrush can [...]

Patrick Guyton has combined his passion for ancient art techniques with a tenacious work ethic to create a truly unique body of work. Guyton’s art is a sight to behold. He carefully hand-applies [...]

An Illuminated Manuscript is a beautifully crafted book, but it’s also so much more—it’s a literal piece of art history. Illuminated manuscripts are hand-crafted books with pages that feature [...]

Substrate: a substance or layer that underlies something on which a process occurs. This is where enzymes act, and from which organisms live, grow, or obtain nourishment. Patrick Guyton is a [...]

After a year of experimentation, Patrick Guyton perfected his “Gilded Modernism” technique for creating lustrous works of art with gold leaf. It was working with such fragile [...]