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Bit of outdoors gilding

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Wayne Osborne
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Bit of outdoors gilding

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Bit of a NO BRAINER this one..just chip-strip off the old and re-paint 7 coats and gild -2 of these monster statues at the Dolphin and Anchor Hotel Chichester.
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Had my mate Paul give me a hand with the Gild yesterday-55 books of leaf -9 hours and a big lunch later and we were done...
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Now ,Paul.. whats for Dinner ? :D
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Wayne Osborne
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Post by Wayne Osborne »

Heres the view from the top:
EAST: Image
WEST:- and the Medieval market Cross
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and OPPOSITE- the grand Cathedral!
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Catharine C. Kennedy
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Post by Catharine C. Kennedy »

WOW! What a gorgious job in a gorious place! Thanks for the tour as well! :D
Catharine C. Kennedy
Chatham Center, NY
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Tony Segale
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Post by Tony Segale »

nice gilding. Very nice gilding.

If I ever get the money,
I'm gonna buy me a ticket and fly over to that island.
See all that gilding personally!
and he took that golden hair and made a sweater for baby bear.
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John Studden
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Post by John Studden »

Very nice..........my sister lives there, I'll make sure to take a look next time I get over.
John Studden
Valencia Signs, California
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DAVE SMITH
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Post by DAVE SMITH »

Stunning gilding work Wayne as always.
Dave
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Kelly Thorson
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Post by Kelly Thorson »

Thanks for sharing that. I do have to get back to Europe some day!
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Aaron Taylor
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Post by Aaron Taylor »

Wayne as always great work!
Aaron
Brix Design
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John Lennig
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Post by John Lennig »

Howdy Wayne!!, i think you guys just like to climb all over buildings!! lol that first pic, the Church to the left...is that the one we met in front of in '03 to swap pounds for sables?? that same day, i visited a signwriter there...Derek, i believe. Hello to Paul, i esnoyed seeing you guys in Wales!
Beautiful work on the Fishes!!

john
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Wayne Osborne
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Post by Wayne Osborne »

Thats one BIG church John.. yes thats the one.
That Gilded fish was nearly as BIG as the one I had to eat at the Cornmill in Wales....and took nearly as long :lol:
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margaret norman
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Golden Fish Press

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Very nice work that.

I used to run a private press, it was called the golden fish :)

Richard
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