Gold leaf is actually a sheet or sheets of gold that has been rolled very thin and is often used to decorate furniture and other items. To make gold leaf the gold is melted, rolled, beaten, beaten again and then packaged up in sheets.

A sheet of gold leaf is usually between 0.2 and 0.4 micron thick. This leaf can be used to decorate churches, paintings, furniture etc, you can also buy gold leaf for use in cookery, but this is usually as flakes rather than actual leaf.
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Many of the Buddhist temples in South East Asia buy gold leaf for decoration and for covering statues of Buddha. Most gold leaf is either twenty four or twenty two carat gold. Quality gold leaf usually comes in one continuous sheet rather than small pieces stuck together.
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Although gold leaf may start out as twenty four karat gold during the melting process silver, copper and occasionally platinum are added to the mix. The gold is usually packaged into twenty five leaves or sheets of gold.
People buy gold leaf in small quantities for making things. Gold leaf is also an investment opportunity and in recent months the sale of gold leaf shares has soared. Investors will buy the Canadian gold maple leaf coins as well as investing in gold leaf itself. If you are an artist then you may well by gold leaf for your paintings from quality art shops. You can also buy gold leaf from wholesalers if you have a large project to complete.