RESTORATION OF QUEENS PARK SUSPENSION BRIDGE, CHESTER
- by Chris
Wrights of Lymm supplied our long standing friend and customer, David Kynaston with 23.5ct Extra Thick Gold Leaf for the stunning restoration of Queens Park suspension bridge in Chester. The heraldic crests of the seven Norman Earls of Chester along with the ancient and modern versions of the Chester Arms...
CELEBRATING 800 YEARS MAGNA CARTA BY JUDY HURST, DURHAM
- by Chris
Wrights of Lymm are pleased to have recently supplied Judy with 24ct Extra Thick Loose Gold Leaf which was used to create these wonderful pieces of work, celebrating the Magna Carta. This vellum acknowledges the debt our modern world owes to the beginnings of democracy 800 years ago in 1215....
Istvan Szervatiusz, Restorer, Gilder
- by Chris
Nobody knows when that first moment in history was, when the first gold ingot was made of gold ore. Since when mankind realised the true features of this soft, yellow metal and mesmerised by it. Obviously first, solid statues were cast of it. Tools and technologies for manufacturing were yet...
WRIGHT-IT SIGNWRITING GLOSS ENAMELS
- by Chris
Many Signwriters will remember the name J T Keeps as being one of the UK's biggest manufacturers of Signwriting Paints until unfortunately there was a fire at their warehouse which eventually saw the business slip into liquidation. This was a sad loss to the Signwriting trade whom had enjoyed the...