Nick Elphick Restores A 200-Year-Old Wooden Virgin Mary Statue | Salvage Hunters: The Restorers

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  • Опубликовано: 1 окт 2020
  • Drew brings in a 200-year-old statue of the Virgin Mary to be restored by Nick Elphick. With multiple issues ranging from chipped wood to a cracked face, this restoration is especially tricky as Drew wants Nick to maintain the aged look of the religious artwork.
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  • @rickmessina5396
    @rickmessina5396 3 года назад +30

    I did furniture restoration for 45 years and enjoy seeing an artist at work. Good job. Not everyone can do this type of work.....

    • @ninaelsbethgustavsen2131
      @ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 3 года назад +2

      True. Nick Elphick is a genious restorer and sculptor.
      I watched him restore a "medici" terracotta urn. At first I got annoyed because he left bits out. Then it hit me; he restored the urn to look unrestored.....

  • @vandos11
    @vandos11 Год назад +4

    WE LOVE YOU BLESSED MOTHER

  • @camerrill
    @camerrill 3 года назад +11

    Lovely, dear Mary.

  • @michelleadams4728
    @michelleadams4728 6 месяцев назад +1

    This man is a true artist!!!! Incredible work by Nick!!!🥰

  • @davidsnyder2000
    @davidsnyder2000 Год назад +2

    My God this fellow has some serious talent. Even with the close up camera work I couldn’t see the repairs. The paint/colors are matched and blended so perfectly. Amazing job. This gentleman has definitely been blessed by God👍🙂

  • @andyrbush
    @andyrbush 3 года назад +7

    That work to me is the most amazing and skillful combined art and craftmanship ever.

  • @RJ-lk6qn
    @RJ-lk6qn 3 года назад +5

    This guy and his work, just so fascinating!

  • @johngomez8055
    @johngomez8055 15 дней назад

    Can i have a hug Nick? Thats marvelous!

  • @tsinoy
    @tsinoy 3 года назад +1

    "...to look as if it's never been touched" - salute!

  • @Atomicbullet
    @Atomicbullet 4 месяца назад

    I remember nick as a 3rd year sculpture student, I was a 1st year he comes from a solid class of 2001 ,,,,,

  • @johsiantorres8495
    @johsiantorres8495 3 года назад +8

    Beautiful representation of the blessed mother and very beautiful restoration ♥️

  • @davidcoomber4050
    @davidcoomber4050 2 года назад +7

    What a amazingly humble genius this guy is

    • @Narcolepzzzzzzzz
      @Narcolepzzzzzzzz Год назад

      Worth a watch: ruclips.net/video/I9dtQjkd52s/видео.html

  • @djdefaut6869
    @djdefaut6869 3 месяца назад

    Hands and feet all artist have a problem with. What an excellent job you have done.

  • @alicebellamio5491
    @alicebellamio5491 3 года назад +10

    Good Craftsmanship!!🌹

  • @user-bf8ud9vt5b
    @user-bf8ud9vt5b Год назад +1

    This bloke needs his own show.

  • @procatprocat9647
    @procatprocat9647 3 года назад +6

    I'm seriously jealous of this guy. He's chosen a profession that (used with care) adds to the rich history of this world. I suspect I could have done something similar, but I made different choices.
    Ah well. Good luck to him :)

  • @lydiabarnhart5449
    @lydiabarnhart5449 3 года назад +2

    Thank you ❤️🙏

  • @giannaagus8362
    @giannaagus8362 Год назад

    Beautiful video...

  • @dannyrobinson3480
    @dannyrobinson3480 3 года назад +9

    This guy has skills, great job

  • @patmadix172
    @patmadix172 2 года назад

    Excellent restoration

  • @hallymariah45
    @hallymariah45 2 года назад +1

    So Sacred...So Beautiful!!!

  • @user-gh5dp9wq1h
    @user-gh5dp9wq1h 3 месяца назад

    Mi piace tanto questo programma i restauratori sono bravissimi, e adoro Drew!!❤

  • @AI-hx3fx
    @AI-hx3fx 2 года назад

    LOVE restoration videos. It's an entire art all on its own.
    Also, I appreciate this as a Catholic, because statues are part of our visual culture. The Santo as an art form is quite important in my country, and it follows the Spanish iconographic tradition.

  • @modelismomodelismo2899
    @modelismomodelismo2899 Год назад

    Un buen trabajo.............un gran profesional

  • @parra7751
    @parra7751 2 года назад +1

    Nick Elphick Brother i like your work man

  • @analarson2920
    @analarson2920 Год назад

    Beautiful 🙏

  • @Richie8a8y
    @Richie8a8y Год назад

    Stunning

  • @rigwatvchannel4458
    @rigwatvchannel4458 Год назад

    Fantastic

  • @jeanross7430
    @jeanross7430 3 года назад +1

    No ads in my viewing.😊

  • @jackieennis3327
    @jackieennis3327 11 месяцев назад

    He's fantastic!

  • @54321Judith
    @54321Judith Год назад

    Nice job🥰

  • @Worldfriends218
    @Worldfriends218 Год назад

    very talented work - always wanted i statue of our lady but there thousands to by

  • @katrussell6819
    @katrussell6819 10 месяцев назад

    Fixing up a statue of God's mama is a great use of your massive talent. Nice job!

  • @livefreeordie5033
    @livefreeordie5033 3 года назад +1

    Awesome work as always👍😊🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬👍😊
    Nick, please wear a mask mate😨

  • @alejandraroig-gironella
    @alejandraroig-gironella 5 месяцев назад

    Hola artista hola drew que equipo tienes alucino felicidades👌

  • @jodyshepard9482
    @jodyshepard9482 3 года назад +6

    Is Nick marvelous or what?

    • @zabe428
      @zabe428 3 года назад

      He is so!

    • @Bob-507
      @Bob-507 2 года назад

      he's the best for sure

  • @MenacingRabbit
    @MenacingRabbit 3 года назад +1

    Man look at that straight up hood gold cross that lady is carrying, she must have a lot of swag as teens would say these days.

  • @22detectorismo95
    @22detectorismo95 3 года назад +2

    Muito show

  • @javierpreciadojr413
    @javierpreciadojr413 3 года назад +1

    Future goal of mine, to build something just like that.

  • @samk1918
    @samk1918 3 года назад +2

    Looks the same to me 😃

  • @jetbuenconsejo5852
    @jetbuenconsejo5852 3 года назад +1

    do share more religious statue restorations =)

  • @brandia733
    @brandia733 3 года назад +2

    Why does the click bait make him look like a madman? 😆

  • @lorraine58
    @lorraine58 Год назад

    Those vapors decongest your lungs

  • @joyjoJ4ever
    @joyjoJ4ever 3 месяца назад

    Nick looks like Owen Wilson

  • @vernonvaz4717
    @vernonvaz4717 3 года назад +1

    🙏🏻

  • @balzak1.1
    @balzak1.1 2 года назад

    The blonde Curly Jezus

  • @bluedogsurvive6501
    @bluedogsurvive6501 3 года назад +2

    It’s already beautiful before fixing it!

  • @lydiabarnhart5449
    @lydiabarnhart5449 3 года назад +7

    You should kept her❤️Not sell in the auction 💔

  • @SportsSenpai
    @SportsSenpai 3 года назад

    Superglue boom done

  • @user-gm4gu8vp2e
    @user-gm4gu8vp2e 3 года назад

    👍❤

  • @geoffjoffy
    @geoffjoffy 3 года назад +3

    He should have also repaired the other side of the face

    • @ninaelsbethgustavsen2131
      @ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 3 года назад +2

      No. The true genious of Nick Elphick's restorations is he knows when to stop.
      You want an object restored up to a certain point only.
      There's no point in trying to make it look new again.
      A "new" madonna would certainly not make £3000.....

    • @geoffjoffy
      @geoffjoffy 3 года назад

      @@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 Not necessarily. It could have been the case that there was no damage on the face...and that would have been its true state. If he had repaired both sides no one would have known anything different - but it would have looked better.

    • @ninaelsbethgustavsen2131
      @ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 3 года назад

      @@geoffjoffy
      Sure it would have looked "better" with the face fully restored.
      But it is an antique, and it must be allowed to look it's age.

    • @davidcoomber4050
      @davidcoomber4050 2 года назад

      There is a difference between restoration and conservation, the restoration shown here is to deliberate convey aged damage while stabilising the piece from further damage in future

    • @geoffjoffy
      @geoffjoffy 2 года назад

      @@davidcoomber4050 Perhaps but I'd have preferred a solid repair. Just because something is very old, doesn't mean it has to be damaged. :)

  • @manifesteraddams8068
    @manifesteraddams8068 3 года назад

    This man is making me thirsty...for nice cup of tea

    • @manifesteraddams8068
      @manifesteraddams8068 3 года назад

      and then not 10 seconds later I see the nude self-portrait he has sculpted...dead

  • @ameard9801
    @ameard9801 3 года назад +2

    🎧
    👃 👂
    👄
    ( Lost 🖼 PICASSO PAINTINGS 🎨 found )
    it was in my Grand Father s Attic 🏠

  • @marniethethief2574
    @marniethethief2574 3 года назад

    no good when you can't see where the restoration has been done.

  • @user-sn2oq4qt7b
    @user-sn2oq4qt7b 8 месяцев назад

    He scrub the head as if he was scrubing a wooden floor i cant even continue watching after seeing that. I felt bad he should be a very gentle and treated it with respect. The asmr scrubbing gets me so uncomforatble and with his mouth

  • @happydaddy8118
    @happydaddy8118 3 года назад +1

    I don't think that is how she looked like .

  • @ceramic49
    @ceramic49 3 года назад

    Everything looks great except for the finger. The other fingers are curved where the knuckles are, like natural fingers. The finger that is carved is not much more than a straight dowel with a fingernail much bigger than the others. And to all those who will now jump my case and say I can't do better: I say I could!! I'm 58 years old and I have been hand carving things like fishing lures, walking staffs and much, much more since I was a child. So go ahead and jump my case; I don't care!!! The finger needs to be redone: It looks fake, not like the others!!!! The man did a great job but he needs to work on his carving skills a bit.

    • @ninaelsbethgustavsen2131
      @ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 3 года назад +3

      Don't forget that eight out of ten fingers on that sculpture were restored. She only had thumbs left, the poor thing.
      The pointing index fingers is obviously a common thing for old catholic sculpture....
      "Thumbs up" simply won't do ! 😉

    • @ceramic49
      @ceramic49 3 года назад +3

      @@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 ~ I stand corrected and gladly so. I did not take into account the eight fingers. My bad and thank you for pointing that out. With that said I recant my previous statement. All😉 is well!!

    • @ninaelsbethgustavsen2131
      @ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 3 года назад +2

      @@ceramic49
      I hope you stay safe and well. 🤗

  • @andrewstratford4753
    @andrewstratford4753 3 года назад +2

    Love this christianity before its taken away from us.

  • @ninjaatheist
    @ninjaatheist 3 года назад

    Good for firewood 🔥

  • @ninjaatheist
    @ninjaatheist 3 года назад

    I broke the fingers off 😡

    • @Kolchak_Enjoyer
      @Kolchak_Enjoyer 3 года назад +2

      You sound like a filthy redditor.

    • @fr.barryschoonbaert3844
      @fr.barryschoonbaert3844 3 года назад +2

      Mary would have never had a cross around her neck! Sorry lads.

    • @ninjaatheist
      @ninjaatheist 3 года назад +1

      @@fr.barryschoonbaert3844 It was god's plan to crucify his future son from the day he raped another man's wife..

    • @fr.barryschoonbaert3844
      @fr.barryschoonbaert3844 3 года назад +1

      @@ninjaatheist Thou doth protest too much....

    • @deer563
      @deer563 2 года назад

      @@fr.barryschoonbaert3844 they tried to represent her the cross around her neck is the symbolism.

  • @justdiditwithurgirl
    @justdiditwithurgirl 3 года назад

    5 ads in the first 4 minutes, how bout quit milking it a youtube channel costs 0 to operate so gtfoh.

  • @officiallymrp
    @officiallymrp 3 года назад

    I doubt the figure has 200 years , doesn't look baroque n'or rococo.
    Either 19 or beginnings of 20th century or even just a "doll" to fill the program with.

  • @Betty-oc6rt
    @Betty-oc6rt 3 года назад +1

    If it was up to be I would smash all the idols to smithereens.

    • @kevinodonnell261
      @kevinodonnell261 3 года назад +5

      Glad its not up to you then.

    • @ninaelsbethgustavsen2131
      @ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 3 года назад +2

      Don't let a mere old sculpture upset you, Betty.
      Regardless your own thought on religion.
      This is an old sculpture, made with love and devotion.
      And restored with the utmost respect.
      Let all be blissful in their own faith. 💖

    • @Betty-oc6rt
      @Betty-oc6rt 3 года назад +1

      @@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 ...it's still against the 10 Commandments, regardless, but I suppose that's not a problem either, according to you.

    • @Betty-oc6rt
      @Betty-oc6rt 3 года назад +1

      @@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 ...lie-ing devils and graven image worshippers, money changers, and workers of iniquity do disgust me. Perhaps if I get out my whip to scatter the wicked would be better. What do you think?
      PS if you're praying to a false goddess graven image; don't bother. Jesus alone is my Savior and my helper.

    • @Betty-oc6rt
      @Betty-oc6rt 3 года назад +2

      @@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 ...that's simply awful. I hope you get saved by Jesus and come to His truth and forsake lies. Acts 2:38 saves. 💖

  • @billbrowning50
    @billbrowning50 3 года назад +1

    I don’t want to pop your bubble on this statue... it’s not Mary..the mother of Jesus. It’s an idol used by Catholics to get believers to think it’s her.. but it’s really not sorry.

    • @kevinodonnell261
      @kevinodonnell261 3 года назад

      Lol

    • @johsiantorres8495
      @johsiantorres8495 3 года назад +5

      LMAO you clearly don’t know what Catholics believe

    • @pressiton2948
      @pressiton2948 3 года назад

      Catholics belives miracles and aparitons

    • @deer563
      @deer563 2 года назад

      They don't have to believe it her they just look at it and they're like a statue of mary

  • @jeanross7430
    @jeanross7430 3 года назад

    No ads in my viewing.😊