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The ground must be true oxblood

Seven coats of lacquer cut with cinnabar, each rubbed back, before a single leaf is laid.

Cut the naga from oiled paper

The serpent and dok-flame stencils are hand-pierced so each repeat sits a hair's breadth from the last.

Size it, then breathe on the leaf

Gold leaf takes only where the adhesive has gone tacky — patience decides where the light will catch.

Burnish until it lies flat, not bright

We keep the gold leafed and matte against the red — no chrome shine, the way the sim columns have aged.

This is the Lao Naga Temple Stencil design system, applied by Curio Design — a design-style library for AI agents. Full Lao Naga Temple Stencil guide → designbycurio.com/learn/lao-naga-temple-stencil-gold

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