portfolio
objects conserved or restored (mouse over pictures to see restoration)
Glass Tazza- Engraved glass with cloisonné (enamel) and brass ormolu stand circa 1850.
- Sherds cleaned and bonded with epoxy resin. Missing areas were replaced with epoxy moulded to shape and polished to a high shine.
Grace Plate- 1740 English delftware grace plate.
- Previous restoration was removed, the plate cleaned and broken edges consolidated. Areas of loss were replaced and the glaze layer detail was then hand retouched using acrylics.
Meissen Monkey- European hard paste porcelain, early 19th Century, Meissen factory.
- Broken edges were cleaned and areas of loss gap filled. Missing hand and scroll remodelled and the glazed layer hand retouched to match.
Roman Flagon- Archaeological pale whiteware earthenware Roman flagon with handle.
- Break edges consolidated prior to bonding. Missing area filled and limited retouching blended the fills with the original.
Scagliolli Table Top- The table top was cleaned and the broken edges consolidated. The sherds were bonded and areas of loss replaced. A steel plate was made and fitted to the underside to add support to the broken sections. Missing detail was then hand retouched.
Staffordshire Pair of Deer- Mid 18th C Staffordshire pair of deer
- This pair of Staffordshire deer had extensive restoration to limbs, base and bocage. Old overpainting had discoloured and hid the original colour and finish of the figures. The pair were cleaned and previous restoration work including overpainting removed. Previous misaligned bonding to a leg was dismantled and realigned. Missing ears, antlers and bocage leaves were remodelled and areas to the base and bodies were gap filled.
Alabaster Sculpture
management of Tyrolean stove project
An important project undertaken at the workshop, for which I won the Nigel Williams Prize in October 2006, was for the project management, reconstruction, conservation and restoration of an early 17th century Tyrolean stove using over 200 tin-glazed earthenware polychrome ceramic tiles in 24 different shapes with varied dimensions within each shape, including 5 large 3-D lions. Most of the tiles had areas of loss.
This project posed several considerable challenges which are outlined in more detail in the Nigel Williams Prize essay, one of which was that the finished stove was approximately 3 metres high and one metre square at its base.
The project involved bringing together a team of skilled professional restorers and skilled craftsmen.
Since the project completion the stove has been on exhibition at the TEFAL Antiques Fair in Maastricht March 2005 and the Grosvenor House Antiques Fair in June 2005.