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Pantheon Memory Box
At a Wheathills Open Weekend a chance 'throwaway' comment by a customer culminated 18 months later in the following marquetry box (yes it is a box).
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The client wanted to combining his great passion, the theatre, with a place to store some of the memorabilia he has collected from all over the world.
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The exterior brickwork imarquetry is in Maple.
The pillars are Zebrano and the stairs Maple.
The Dome is made from Spalted Beech.
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The Memory Box took over 2,300 hours to complete.
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Over 10,000 pieces of Marquetry are incoroprated into the piece.
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Over 300 hours was spent traditionally French Polishing the box and its components - no spray or lacquer was used.
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The brasswork is all handmade and cast in London from 22 carat gilt on Brass.
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Superb.
:clap::brava::brava:
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I'm gobsmacked. That is absolutely superb. Congratulations!
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In my best Johnny Depp impersonation "You need to find yourself a girl mate!":;
What amazing dedication and craftsmanship:2tsup:
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What an incredible work of art. Absolutely beautiful.
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Some very fine details in this creation. I can see the dedication that you have put into this piece.
Thank you for sharing.
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Thankyou for your very kind comments.
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Shazaayamm!!!
That's an absolutely amazing accomplishment. Congratulations to you my friend. I figure you spent an average of 30 hours a week for 78 weeks on this project. :o
I hope you charged at least 1.5 years of salary for the box. Maybe more because I bet you didn't have any customers left after 1.5 years of working on practically nothing else. :C
PS - If this isn't the biggest and best thing you've done, I sure hope you post the others. :2tsup:
Megabest,
Jim
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I absolutely don't know what to say :repplus: