Zelie's Roses

This poor little Pall recently arrived looking in a bit of a sorry state, but so charming that it was well worth restoring. The lovely go...

One of our FSSP Priests had a habit of rescuing things that were to be burnt, because nobody wanted them. This deep purple velvet Chasubl...

One of the most satisfying things about restoring something ancient, is when the original intention of the artist, which may have been made ...

The first task was to photograph, and assess the damaged areas, once the embroidery was carefully removed from the old chasuble. The...

I was asked some time ago if I would be willing to undertake the restoration of a piece of Mediaeval embroidery; the Priest who asked me kne...

This was a unique once in a lifetime project whereby I was asked to restore orphreys of Opus Anglicanum embroidery work, and re-mount them o...

I have been working on a set of vestments for a Priest lately.  He acquired it from seminary - I think it was in the "to be chucked unl...

A friend of mine asked me if I could do anything with this old statue she'd found at the back of her elderly Mum's wardrobe. ...