On her final wood project Anais Vlahakis worked on the Sunderland Frame from Valence House Museum in Dagenham. Anais used laser and ethanol to clean it before applying gesso in preparation of to the integration of the replacements to the original decorative scheme.
For her final stone project Anais chose the Angel of Marie Corelli’s grave from Stratford-upon-Avon. She was cleaning the statue in preparation of fills with Lime Mortar toned with pigments to match the colour of the stone, replacing missing fingers with Carrara marble integrating the colour to match the weathered of marble with stain.
As her final stone projects Ines Bravo was working on a plaster bust of Ballerina Alicia Markova from Laine Theatre Arts. She had used a paint consolidate acrylic emulsion brushed on entire bust to consolidate the paint and to work as a protective coating. She has also reattached the hands and rebuild a finger.
As a final wood project Ines Bravo has worked on a Footstole from Knole House. She nailed back the top cover that was partially lifted with its original tacks that were cleaned and coated earlier in the week and in painting the distracting areas of loss to the paint scheme.
For her final wood project Jasmin Mackensie was working on an Indian Musket 1 Siege of Dehli from a private collection.
She has been coating the steel with Paraloid B8n and fixed some badly degraded metal using Japanese tissue and zinc to support the damage.
For a stone project Jasmin has worked on a Plaster Cast Angel playing flute(repro 187-25) from Victoria & Albert Museum. She had been replacing the lost piece of drapery and finger with a reversible plaster fill recessed.
For her wood project India Carpenter was working on a 16th Century Silver Frame from a private collection. Before gilding she has done some burnishing on a test panel and integrated fills Butvar b-98 with Microballoon and Whiting. The finished frame was varnished and placed in the fuming cabinet to dry.
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For her stone project India worked on a contemporary plaster model of a statue, The Beacon of Youth by Egon Altdorf
