Stonehouses

‘Siege’, incense burnt kozuke paper and gold leaf, 76 x 76 cm . Looking at live current maps around Antarctic, gilding Antarctica in gold and burning the contours of currents around it, and “The New Gold Cyclone” consisting of 6 layers of burnt gilded kozuke paper, 60 x 80 x 18 cm. The most fantastic and unusual work of one...

  We have been supplying Sarah with Gold Leaf and gilding products for some time now and seen many beautiful pieces of work that she has created. We wanted to share this with you. Formally designed by Christopher Borch (1817-1896) for the Parliament House in Oslo, Norway, this coat of arms has been recreated and beautifully gilded by Sarah using...

Wrights have been going since 1840 and it was a delight to see one of our good friend Scott Telfer posting this photo and video of some of Wrights memorabilia that he had come across from a lady whose Grandfather had been a keen painter and signwriter.  The brush and Gold leaf booklet is way before our time but so...

Its always a pleasure seeing work in progress and then the finished piece of some of the most talented gilders, artists, signwriters etc that we have the pleasure in supplying..  When looking through Instagram, I came across some work done by one of Wrights many long standing customers Jo Green, of these incredible urns that are part of a pier...

Saul Hay Gallery's first ever show dedicated solely to sculpture includes work by some of the most acclaimed artists working in the UK today. ​ The exhibition will showcase the huge variety in style, material and technique in contemporary sculpture and among the artists showing will be the acclaimed ceramicist Halima Cassell following her highly successful solo show at Manchester...

We are pleased to be stocking the new “Mark 2” designs of the Peter Anthony Mahl Stick, as pictured below.  We do have some of the Mark 1 mahl sticks in stock but its very limited and they are running out fast !!  

Who remembers Deka Acrylic Signwriting Enamel !! An acrylic enamel that could be used interior and exterior and was probably one of the best on the market, so was such a shame to see this product discontinue !! Until now we haven’t been able to find anything that works as well for signwriters of similar acrylic quality to the Deka...

We find ourselves in such strange times of recent with many projects, concerts, festivals etc being cancelled, one of which is of course the 134th Wimbledon Championship that many of us will be missing over this last couple of weeks especially the strawberries and cream !! Of recent years a very talented signwriter and long standing customer of Wrights of...

Janet Carey a long standing customer of Wrights of Lymm was awarded the job of repairing the weathervane of The Caledonian Clock Tower, built in 1855. The 46 metres (151ft) tower and weathervane are Grade II listed, so what an honour this must have been for Janet to be part of the restoration of such history. The weathervane was stripped...

David Kynaston….As a teenager, when milking the cows at his home farm, would take the opportunity of using chalk on a big plastered wall to practise lettering, and now some 38 years later David is now known all over the world for his talent in signwriting, graining, gilding and the most amazing artist skills and has featured in many publications...