Full Page Image in 'Extraordinique' AmericasMart Magazine

The current edition of AmericasMart Magazine features one of our favorite designs, a sandblasted grape wood branch with our wire cube sculptures intertwined around it.  All secured in a raw aluminum bowl with reindeer moss at the base. Look for us in Atlanta to see more of our products and some of our exciting new ideas! Visit us in High Design, booth # 2W - 1 - 115, July 13th through the 17th.

Find us this month in 'Canadian House and Home'

Look for our jars - which according to Canadian House and Home are "entertaining essentials"!! And of course we must agree with them!

Look for Darren quoted in 'Home Accents Today'

We are happy to see Darren DeMatoff quoted in the article Vendors optimistic after upbeat start to 2012 from the Sunday April 22, 2012 issue. The article is a series of brief interviews with vendors about their "expectations for market, 2012 predictions and how they are preparing to regrow their businesses". Look for the full article in 'Home Accents Today' or check out the exert below. Darren is photographed in front of our Wall Play 'Seed' in gold leaf and one of  our Wood Disc Art pieces.

Everyday Things…

We look for beauty everywhere we go and try to find ways to capture its essence. We cannot help but be enlivened by our environment; creativity really does come naturally™. Here are a few things that inspire us!

 

When looking at our Wall Play designs, does it not remind you of making a wish with a dandelion? 

How can you not be in awe of mosaics? With our Eclipse Bowl and a Venice Glass Mosaic.

The shear beauty of repetition of a single line. With Cy Twombly's untitled piece from 1973 and our Quill Table Sculpture. 

A play on light and shadow at the cemetery in Igualada and our Stainless Steel Polyhedrons.

We believe in the details at Gold Leaf – the human scale of design. And we look to the simplest of places to find our inspiration and create unforgettable pieces that can then define the spatial character of a place.

New Ideas: Stainless Steel Ball Sway in Blue Resin

In our catalog we show our Stainless Steel Ball Sway placed in a pond, among tall grass. It is beautiful and scenic, but the question begs to be asked “how can we achieve this aesthetic indoors?”. The Ball Sway seems at home placed in this pond, and now with the custom blue resin in a planter there is the illusion of them floating in water.

The final product for all our arrangements is a result of a process; a series of pieces that makes up the whole. For this arrangement featured, it was a sort of experiment. Our designers achieved the illusion of floating spears through collaboration with our in house fiber glass manufacturers. Once the Stainless Steel Ball Sway was arranged and secured in the planter, our fiber glass manufacturers went to work creating a custom blue color resin for this design.

Jose Graduates from UIC!!

Working here since 2006, Jose started when there were only four people working here at Gold Leaf. Coming in on his summer breaks during high school, he continued to work part time through college. He was able to see the company change and grow, while being a fundamental part of these changes.

Since graduating high school, Jose has known he wanted to work in the business field. Starting out his college career in accounting, he eventually switched to a major in finance and economics. Jose is now full time with Gold Leaf as the Financial Coordinator.

One of the most enjoyable aspects of this job according to Jose is “being able to explore the creative side of business”, and seeing the process from preliminary design to shipping. He is interested in the systematic process of Gold Leaf and helping it continue to evolve. 

Look for Jose’s favorite items in our catalog: Wall Play ‘Seed’ in gold leaf and the Stainless Steel ‘Ball Sway’.