Advent gilding day 5 Water gilding with silver leaf, Christmas tree decoration. youtu.be/1bQFYBoplIE

Advent gilding day 6. Oil gilding with copper leaf, Christmas tree decoration. youtu.be/DwD8hcOi_gI

Advent gilding day 7. Gesso recutting (etching) Water gilded in 23.75ct gold leaf, Christmas tree decoration. youtu.be/dJ2qJgMMgxI

Advent gilding day 8. Parcel-gilt, oil gilded in 22ct yellow gild with casein paint, Christmas tree decoration. youtu.be/TDNJzgl78TQ

Advent gilding day 9. Fake Kintsugi, Christmas tree decoration. youtu.be/ZcBoNBjmCuk

Advent gilding day 10. Moon gold, water and oil gilded Christmas tree decoration. youtu.be/BMBlV4n9jbw

Advent gilding day 11. Acrylic gold size with 6ct white gold leaf, Christmas tree decoration. youtu.be/SFd1hqRYI3o

Advent gilding day 12. Sand angel in Caplain leaf, Christmas tree decoration. youtu.be/WaUXZVitpew

"If you're lucky enough to be inspired, moved, or captivated by the arts as a child then that feeling stays with you. It's a good job it does, because these people become the future, carrying that feeling forward with them, so that others can experience its magic too." #ArtShaped

Hope you enjoyed The Restorers show last night. Here is the girandole mirror I restored for Mary. I loved restoring this mirror. #TheRestorers #restoration #antiquemirror #gilding Mary Swallow Quest

Today Elon took my Blue Tick away. As an experiment to see if my reach has been affected, can you please do me a favour?🙏 If you follow me, and you see this tweet, can you please retweet it.♥️ To make it worth sharing, here's my photo of a rare Black Redstart after a fly🐦

Exhibition in Leek Staffordshire

Just so much fun… #doodleaday #holidayheaven #jurassiccoast

Copper leafing a large wing.

Statue of palaeontologist Mary Anning by artist Denise Dutton unveiled in Dorset, UK. Anning's 19thc discoveries helped shape the science. The statue was a result of a 5 year campaign by 15yr old Evie Squire. Anning's life was recently covered in the film 'Ammonite'

Mary in the moonlight #maryanning #lymeregis #dorset

I LOVE THIS! Watch to the end…

Best studio dog ever. Started at 7.5 weeks old - Just turned 12 🎉

Sadly, despite paying for Twitter Blue, people are still not seeing my tweets like they used to.😔 Can you please do me a favour? If you follow me and you see this tweet, can you please retweet it.🙏 To make it more worth sharing, here's a Kingfisher on a thorny branch. 🥰🐦

🏆 EXCITED to announce the WINNER of OUR 2023 PSSA Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture: Kenny Hunter 'Your next breath, A Covid Memorial' The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh #Edinburgh FIND out HERE pssauk.org/awards/