{"id":779,"date":"2011-03-11T15:24:03","date_gmt":"2011-03-11T20:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/?p=779"},"modified":"2012-09-02T09:24:30","modified_gmt":"2012-09-02T14:24:30","slug":"current-restorations-and-the-seahorse-has-a-new-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brandonetto.com\/?p=779","title":{"rendered":"Current Restorations and The Seahorse Has a New Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brandon is now working on two restorations.\u00a0 First off is this very interesting owl nutcracker.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_783\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/full_owl.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[779]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-783\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-783\" title=\"full_owl\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/full_owl-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Owl Nutcracker\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-783\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Owl Nutcracker<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This piece\u00a0 has a couple of issues that need to be addressed.\u00a0 First the feather tufts on the head have been broken off in a curious manner and they need to be\u00a0 added.\u00a0 Also, the beak needs to be repaired as well as the stump it is perched upon.\u00a0 When all of that is completed it will need to stained and finished to its former glory.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_784\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/head_profile.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[779]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-784\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-784\" title=\"head_profile\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/head_profile-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Owl Nutcracker\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-784\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Owl Nutcracker<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_785\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/close_up_face.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[779]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-785\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-785\" title=\"close_up_face\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/close_up_face-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Owl Nutcracker\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-785\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Owl Nutcracker<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The next restoration, is this jolly fellow&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/jolly_nutcracker.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[779]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-786\" title=\"jolly_nutcracker\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/jolly_nutcracker-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"jolly_nutcracker\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He had an old repair that needed to be redone.\u00a0 His hat had been glued on and not in the right position.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/back_head.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[779]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-787\" title=\"back_head\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/back_head-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"back_head\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The hat also is missing the very tip of it and will need to be replaced.\u00a0 The rim of the hat in the front is also chipped and will need to be repaired also.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/face.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[779]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-788\" title=\"face\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/face-300x241.jpg\" alt=\"face\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In other news, Brandon&#8217;s original design Seahorse Figural Nutcracker has been sold.\u00a0 It now will make\u00a0 it&#8217;s home at the Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum.\u00a0 It definitely will not be lonely there! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMG_8439.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[779]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-791\" title=\"IMG_8439\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ardoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMG_8439-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8439\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was sad to see it leave but I have my order already put in for one like it!<\/p>\n<p>Check back soon for more updates and also check out our Facebook page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brandon is now working on two restorations.\u00a0 First off is this very interesting owl nutcracker. This piece\u00a0 has a couple of issues that need to be addressed.\u00a0 First the feather tufts on the head have been broken off in a curious manner and they need to be\u00a0 added.\u00a0 Also, the beak needs to be repaired [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,105,79],"tags":[41,43,58,71,309],"class_list":["post-779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-carving","category-home","category-restorations","tag-figural-nutcrackers","tag-figural-seahorse-nutcracker","tag-leavenworth-nutcracker-museum","tag-nutcracker-restoration","tag-wood-carving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brandonetto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brandonetto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brandonetto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandonetto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandonetto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=779"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandonetto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1327,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandonetto.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779\/revisions\/1327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brandonetto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandonetto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandonetto.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}