Seeing the need in the fine art supply market for a high caliber 24k shell gold, combined with the repeated requests from colleagues and other fine artists, Karena has now made this rare, labour-intensive, ultra-fine particulate, pure 24k shell gold (Au:99.999％), now available in exclusive hand-ground limited monthly batches!

With my 24k gilded creations, I use pure gold in loose leaf form but also must create a 24k gold paint by hand or what is also known as ‘shell gold’. It is called shell gold because many ancient artisans kept the precious paint in a delicate seashell as an individual palette similar to other ground pigment paints…