29th May 2008
Photos by Harris Digital Productions
The extremely delicate gold leaf is carefully applied using a small brush
The gold leaf gilding is very carefully applied onto the prepared copper orb
Gold leaf being applied to the flaming orb. Note that hard hats are not being worn as it is sometimes necessary to get your head close to the work to ensure the leaf is adhered properly.
A slightly bigger brush with soft bristles is used to smooth out the freshly applied gold leaf
The newly gilded section looks quite stunning
Stonemasons removing damaged areas of Portland stone at the viewing platform level
A wire armature is ready for clay modeling of one of the damaged dragon wings
The front entrance floor is exposed after the concrete screed has been removed. This shows a mixture of materials such as Portland and Purbeck stone, granite cobbles and red brick.
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29 November, 2008