Salvage Hunters:
The Restorers
A brand-new season
of Salvage Hunters: The Restorers has started!
Episodes are shown weekly on Wednesdays at 9pm on Quest TV -
Watch for some of the most challenging restoration projects
that Drew Pritchard has ever set me!
You can catch episodes on Quest TV or stream on Discovery+
Before and After
Check out the photos & videos below to see some of the
restoration challenges he has faced!
Nick Elphick restores a historic plaster-cast of the mythical figure Artemis that Drew has confirmed came from the Victoria and Albert Museum, the world's largest museum of applied and decorative arts and design.
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I was tasked by Drew to help restore a hundred year old marble statue which had two broken legs and a missing hand. I carefully created 3 metal pins to attach the marble figurine to the base again. Next I remodelled the missing features using clay which I then cast in stone and carefully attached to restore the piece to its former glory.
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A rare hunting scene sculpture by one of my heroes Auguste Cain, I had to rework and fix the frame as well as carefully recreate some of the scene in the sculpture - cleaning up years of dust and debris.
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An old sculpture had been split in two, we reattached the 2 pieces together and I blended them together adding a similar aged patina that the piece had acquired after years of being outside.
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I revived the once vandalised White Rabbit marble figure based in my home town of Llandudno, Wales.
The statue, a Grade II listed object, was originally unveiled by former Prime Minister David Lloyd George on West Shore back in 1933.
It was first placed near Pen Morfa, the now demolished holiday home of the family of Alice Liddell, who inspired Lewis Carroll’s classic book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, which featured a white rabbit among its characters.
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Behind the Scenes
Take a peak behind the camera, and in Nick’s studio in Llandudno, Wales.