Made from coffee stirrers, cocktail sticks, a wooden fan, mouldings and pewter statuettes from historic house gift shops, the screen is inspired by the Jacobean screen at Knole in Kent (below).
I built it over a four month period whilst temping as a medical secretary.
I am thinking of adding more cocktail sticks to the panelling to make it look more elaborate, along with various other pewter pieces I've collected like a Medusa head, lions and dragons, as Knole has heraldic leopards and Gorgons carved on it. Eventually I will varnish the whole piece to give it a polished tone.
On top of the minstrels' gallery, which leads to the chapel, I want to build a chamber organ eventually.
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