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Past work

Past work

Furniture, boats, cabinetry, carving and exterior work Franz has taken on — before and after, wherever the before was photographed.

Antique furniture

Before — water damage across the top.Photographed on arrival at the workshop.
After — sound, polished and back in use.Veneer let in, surface repolished, handles refitted.
Painted cabinet with marbled panels and carved moulding.Decorated surfaces conserved rather than overpainted.
A restored pedestal dining table with ball and claw feet
Pedestal dining table with ball-and-claw feet.Structure made sound and the top refinished.
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Wooden boats

Before — lining out, water damage exposed.Rot found once she was opened up.
After — headliner, trim and lockers rebuilt.Cabin joinery finished by hand.
Classic wooden vessel, afloat after restoration.Hull, deck and cabin work over a full season.
Teak deck, re-laid and re-caulked.Seams cut back, re-payed and faired.
Ship's wheel and helm station.Turned timber cleaned back and refinished.
Cedar-strip canoe — split strips, failed gunwales, mildew.Repaired strip by strip; new gunwales, thwarts and floorboards.
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Cabinetry & finishing carpentry

Cedar sauna with a coffered ceiling.Beams and boards cut and fitted on site.
Bookcase built to fit an awkward wall.Solid timber, made and fitted for the space.
Stair treads replaced in hardwood.Cut, fitted and finished in place.
Panelled doors and casings.Openings framed, doors hung, casings run.
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Sculpture & carving

Figure carved in relief within an arched panel.Cut by hand from solid timber.
Life-size robed figure, in progress.Carved from a single baulk of timber.
Polychrome statue, restored.Repainted and the robe regilded.
Carved house-number sign with a seal above.Designed on paper, carved, then painted.
Carved squirrel corbel.Carved to sit into the post.
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Decks & exterior

Deck rebuilt with stairs, railing and trellis.Rebuilt from the framing up in cedar.
Timber-framed woodshed on natural log posts.Frame cut and raised on site.
A covered entry porch with timber posts
Covered entry with timber posts and beams.Posts, beams and roof structure fitted.
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Earlier work in Bohemia

Before Canada — churches, monasteries and castle collections

Before moving to Canada in 2015, Franz spent nearly thirty years restoring castle furniture, private-collection objects and the wooden interiors of Renaissance and Baroque churches. Among them:

1992
Sacristy furnishings, Želiv Premonstratensian MonasteryFounded in the twelfth century
1996
Inlaid sacristy furnishings, Church of St Nicholas, Lesser Town, PragueMarquetry — pictures built up in fine sheets of coloured wood
2003
The altar of the Infant Jesus of Prague, Church of Our Lady VictoriousA devotional figure venerated on every continent
2004
Choir stalls, Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, PlasyThe Cistercian monastery church in western Bohemia
2006
Carvings for the Church of St Margaret, Břevnov MonasteryNew carved work — the oldest monastery in Bohemia, founded 993

Photographs from this period are being collected and will be added here.

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