Professor Virginia A. Myers developed use of roll leaf foil as a fine art form in the early 1980s after she had developed techniques to incorporate genuine silver (and gold) leaf in editioned intaglio prints.
Professor Virginia A. Myers sought to raise the use of roll leaf foil from the level of an industrial product to the level of a fine art form. That long journey began in the early 1980s after she had developed techniques to incorporate genuine silver (and gold) leaf in editioned intaglio prints.