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Posted by Neil Davey on 2 April 2006 at 18:24

Not signs this post, but a skill that is employed by signwriters which is produced using a flat liner or lining fitch. Also I had to apply a stencil at dado height and at the top of the wall.

Thru February I worked on the walls of a room that was restored as it would have been in William Burgess’ era. He was the man who decorated the Castle over 150 years ago.

Anyway this took me 20 days to complete and I enjoyed it immensely(? spelling) so I thought I’d post a few pics, all the dark red lines and patterns are hand painted.

Hope you like it and find it interesting. Photos run wrong way but you’ll get it!!

Neil 😀

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Jill Marie Welsh replied 19 years, 9 months ago 11 Members · 12 Replies
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Peter Normington

Member
2 April 2006 at 19:28

Looks Brill.
did you do the dado filigree by hand? or with a stencil? and can I ask what type of paint/materials were used

Nice stuff

Peter
John Simpson

Member
2 April 2006 at 19:31

my god, you must have a lot of patience to do that lot. well done Neil.

L J
Marekdlux

Member
2 April 2006 at 19:48

Awesome Neil!
I was at that castle last October. I saw they were renovating it and also adding some new stuff.
-Marek
valegraphics

Member
2 April 2006 at 19:52

Very impressive neil !! My neck of the woods too. Love the castle try to get there as much as poss.

Matt
Nicola McIntosh

Member
2 April 2006 at 20:07

nice job done neil 😀

nik
Carrie Brown

Member
2 April 2006 at 21:18

nice job Neil …… and yes you must have a lot of patience!!

😀
Neil Davey

Member
2 April 2006 at 21:45

Peter,

I took a tracing of an existing pattern for the stencil from Lord Bute’s bedroom, then hand cut my stencil in Mylar film with a heat pen. It was then applied approx 16" at a time around the room with a conventional stencil brush.

I used specially mixed emulsion paint and yes it did take alot of patience.

Neil *drink*
Robert Lambie

Member
2 April 2006 at 21:52

great work as always neil… pleasure to see. 😉

thanks for taking the time to post your work.
Shane Drew

Member
3 April 2006 at 05:50

:praise1: you’re da man Neil. :wow:

I am amzed at your stamina for that job. well done.

As rob says, thanks for sharing. Enjoyed that
A Misselbrook

Member
3 April 2006 at 09:27

Nice work! What kind of money do you charge for that then? Did you work out how long and charge by the hour or work it out in days? 😎
Neil Davey

Member
3 April 2006 at 19:15

Put in a price for the job based on a day rate, estimating at a months work to complete (not incl. weekends). It took about 19 days + couple days site visits etc.

Thanks for the comments.

Neil
Jill Marie Welsh

Member
3 April 2006 at 20:07

As always, nice work.
I love to get jobs like this but rarely do.
Then again, there are no castles around here…
Love….Jill