"William Noble" wrote:I believe this is a casting process, not a plating
process = put leaves in a
mold, heat and shake out ashes, pour in moltan metal - but perhaps someone
else has done this - you can also spray on a conductive paint and then
plate them
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Bill, what you are describing is certainly possible, but I don't think it's
what the OP is after. It would produce a casting of the entire leaf. I
have seen leaves that have had only the membranes removed, with the skeleton
remaining. If this were then sprayed with a conductive coating and plated,
I think it would produce the result the OP wants: a leaf skeleton in gold.