The Repair Shop
- Author Foreword by Jay Blades
- Narrator Ben Onwukwe
- Publisher Octopus
- Publish Date 13 October 2022
- Run Time 4 hours and 40 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Antique clocks, musical boxes and automata, Antique or vintage furniture / furniture collecting, Antiques, vintage and collectables: carpets, rugs and textiles, Antiques, vintage and collectables: ceramics, glass and other related items, Antiques, vintage and collectables: glass, Antiques, vintage and collectables: jewellery, Antiques, vintage and collectables: toys, games, dolls and models, Care and restoration of antiques, Decorative metalwork, Decorative woodwork, DIY: carpentry and woodworking, DIY: general, Gift books, Hobbies, Jewellery and beadcrafts, Leather crafts and Leatherworking, Maintenance and repairs, Nostalgia: general, Pottery, ceramics and glass crafts, Precious metal, precious stones and jewellery: artworks and design, Toys: making and decorating.
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What to expect
In today's throwaway culture, there's a counter movement growing that urges us to 'make do and mend'. The Repair Shop has brought this waste-conscious message to an even wider audience, with its regular viewing figures of 7 million in the UK alone, cementing itself as a classic series in the vein of Antiques Roadshow.
This new book concentrates on the show's much-loved experts, including woodworker and furniture restorer Will Kirk, clock restorer Steve Fletcher, metalworker Dominic Chinea, silversmith Brenton West, leatherworker Suzie Fletcher, upholsterer Sonnaz Nooranvary, and seamstresses Julie Tatchell & Amanda Middleditch - aka The Teddy Bear Ladies. Each of the experts shares their own stories and their repairs, capturing in the process the magic and ethos of the barn. Includes quotations and Q & As from the experts as well as Jay Blades on some unique restoration collaborations.
With the focus on the experts themselves, readers will feel as though they're stepping straight into the 'workshop of dreams' and experiencing first hand the magic of the barn.
2022 Octopus Publishing Group
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