Happy New Year! 🎉🎊
My husband Tony made a copy of a Peter of Venice violin many years ago but never actually got round to varnishing it as running his joinery business took priority. (Check out Deben Joinery Ltd).
The violin has a neckgraft and an ebony crown, so he always wanted to do some antiquing which frankly terrifies me as it is so different to what I do as a restorer.
So this is turning into a bit of a joint project. Tony varnished the violin and has now started removing some of it while I had a go today at retouching and applying patina to the scroll.
Can I just say how much respect I have for all of you makers doing good antiquing as I’m starting to realise just how difficult it actually is to make it look convincing and also how time consuming!
Iris Carr Restorations 