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#Cross-stitch Experiment for #DunansCastle with #flyingbuttress & #virginiacreeper
Posted by Dixon-Spain on
After several requests, and given that we are nearing the festive season, I thought I would finally try my hand at developing a cross-stitch pattern! The results can be found here and below is a gif of the unrestricted palette version (you’ll need 95 colours!!).
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Spinning Castles in the Air
Posted by Dixon-Spain on
Rough and ready take of overflying Dunans, showing the cleared castle and practicing for detailed aerial survey! Unfortunately the quality is also rough and ready, but you’ll still get a feel for the height and shape of the castle as well as the plan of the interior!
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Packaging ScottishLaird’s Most Prestigious Decorative Title
Posted by Dixon-Spain on
Graphic and product design has always been a passion of mine, particularly in relation to restoring Dunans (of course!). Our new red boxes are spectacularly lovely, and I just wanted to share the design (and the rest of the package) which includes a square foot of the castle itself. If we can sell every square … Continue reading Packaging ScottishLaird’s Most Prestigious Decorative Title
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Dunans Castle Clearance Continues in Kitchen & Library: More Images
Posted by Anne MacPhail on
The clearance of the back two compartments of the castle has taken much longer than the others, simply because they aren’t accessible by the minidigger and there’s not enough room for more than a couple of workers. Our luck continues with the floors, which are all concrete, making clearance much much easier than suspended floors. … Continue reading Dunans Castle Clearance Continues in Kitchen & Library: More Images
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September 2019 Report from Dunans
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- Tags: AIP, And The Next Thing is ..., Argyll, Brexit, Dunans Bridge, Dunans Castle, DunansCastleLtd, Report, scaffolding