{"id":722,"date":"2010-12-04T15:29:24","date_gmt":"2010-12-04T20:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/?p=722"},"modified":"2012-09-02T09:26:03","modified_gmt":"2012-09-02T14:26:03","slug":"an-exciting-restoration-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brandonetto.com\/?p=722","title":{"rendered":"An Exciting Restoration Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A few months ago Brandon was contacted to do a restoration for Arlene Wagner.\u00a0 If you are not familiar with Arlene, she is not only the founder and curator of the <a href=\"Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum\">Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum<\/a>, author of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Art &amp; Character of Nutcrackers <\/span>but also has her new claim to fame&#8230;.She was the first guest on the new Conan O&#8217;Brien show, Conan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_723\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 310px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Conan_171.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[722]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-723\" title=\"Conan_171\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Conan_171-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Arlene Wagner and Conan\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Arlene Wagner and Conan<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Back to the nutcracker&#8230;..The nutcracker she is having restored is a remarkable piece.\u00a0 It is dated\u00a0 approximately\u00a0 to the 1500&#8217;s. \u00a0 She wanted to restore this nutcracker by adding the bird that is missing from his hat&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/WPF35-06-1.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[722]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-726 aligncenter\" title=\"WPF35-06-1\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/WPF35-06-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"WPF35-06-1\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/WPF35-06-3.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[722]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-727 aligncenter\" title=\"WPF35-06-3\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/WPF35-06-3-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"WPF35-06-3\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/missing-bird-1.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[722]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-728 aligncenter\" title=\"missing bird 1\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/missing-bird-1-300x264.jpg\" alt=\"missing bird 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"264\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Brandon sculpted a few examples and the final design was agreed upon.\u00a0 He is now on to carving.<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMG_8313.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[722]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-737\" title=\"IMG_8313\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMG_8313-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8313\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMG_8316.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[722]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-738\" title=\"IMG_8316\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMG_8316-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8316\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Check back for updates on this restoration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Also, the Seahorse Figural Nutcracker is done!\u00a0 Check back for pictures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago Brandon was contacted to do a restoration for Arlene Wagner.\u00a0 If you are not familiar with Arlene, she is not only the founder and curator of the Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum, author of The Art &amp; 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