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End Game in Sight for Shrovetide Sculpture
Our workshops are bustling with a team of craftsmen busily creating the various components of the eagerly awaited Dr Dallas Burston Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Football Match sculpture.
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Preserving Family History
A careful blend of conservation and restoration was employed by Wheathills to bring back to life a fascinating but fragile cabinet.
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National Trust Maintenance
During 2018 Wheathills undertook subtle conservation work at one of the National Trust’s smallest buildings, The Priest House, situated at Easton on the Hill, near Stamford.
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The Key to Breathing New Life into an Old Piece of Furniture
When a client enquired of us what to do with her beloved but played-out rosewood piano we found the perfect solution.
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What Goes Up Must Come Down
National Trust property Woolsthorpe Manor is one of Wheathills’ longstanding maintenance projects. Once home to Sir Isaac Newton, its C17th former farmyard building is now used as a science centre where children can explore the principles of gravity.
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Our Quantum Leap
Wheathills is privileged to enjoy the patronage of many celebrities and so we were delighted when asked to create one of our legendary memory boxes to celebrate the 80th birthday of a famous American tv producer and screenwriter.
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Kent and East Sussex Pullman Train
Wheathills has been commissioned to restore the marquetry damaged by the water ingress and to create show panels for fundraising to enable the full restoration of this wonderful example of a Pullman train.
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Eagles Over Amhuinnsuidhe Castle
We are very proud to have been commissioned to create a meaningful addition to the Amhuinnsuidhe art gallery, situated on the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides.
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A Nine Walnut Coat Stand
The love of trees, the rising sun and a full moonlight reflection to be expressed in the design of a coat stand was an unusual brief indeed.
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Historic Kitchen Remains
The kitchens at Tattershall Castle were destroyed by Cromwell when perhaps a simple complaint to the chef would have sufficed!
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Shrovetide Sculpture and the Ashbourne Community
One of the greatest honours for any Ashbournian is being invited to herald the official start to the fabulous annual Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Football Game.
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A Winter's Tale
Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale and the notion of a harbinger of spring are perfect partners. They are themes that blend harmoniously and have inspired a micro-marquetry design on a tiny trinket box.
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The Brighton Belle
The Brighton Belle is the only one of its kind in the world; it is the source of countless fond memories for many travellers. Wheathills has been charged with providing restoration expertise in the repair and replacement of marquetry panels.
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Tattershall Castle Moat Bridge
We have successfully completed the restoration of a third moat bridge at Tattershall Castle in Lincolnshire.
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New Look Website
Wheathills has developed a new website with the kind support and guidance of our past and present clients. The new website offers insight into our services and our skills but also reflects the special ethos of Wheathills.
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Art Within Art
Wheathills was posed with an interesting and challenging artistic dilemma, when a client asked us to frame a Royal Arts Academy picture which is painted on both sides of its translucent canvas.
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Patek-Philippe Presentation Box
The importance of packaging, when presenting a valuable object, is most vital for it adds a heightened dimension to the experience of both giving and receiving the gift.
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Giraffes Can't Dance
If you thought that giraffes can’t dance, prepare to be disabused! Apparently they can and to prove it we were asked to create a memory box inlaid with a dancing giraffe entwined within the client’s monogram.
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A Proposal of Marriage
A Memory Box created in Butt Walnut, banded in Ziricote and strung in Boxwood. The front is decorated with a pair of hearts with a lovely sentiment beneath.
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St. Leonard's Church
Here is where you are able to enjoy the story of the proposed St Leonards furniture so far. You can follow their creation and if you wish join in with the debate.
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Five-hundred-year-old timber re-discovered.
Cabinet makers at Wheathills breathe new life into an ancient piece of timber to create a striking handmade mirror.
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The Marquetry Gloriana Box
Wheathills create Memory Box for Lord Sterling, the creator of the Royal Barge Gloriana
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