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00:00Here at The Repair Shop, countless treasures have been brought back to life.
00:08Deep breath.
00:09Oh, gosh!
00:10That reveal so much about who we are.
00:13It is.
00:14And where we're from.
00:15It's perfect.
00:16But there's so much more out there.
00:19Let's do it.
00:20That's not yet made it to the barn.
00:22Beautiful, isn't it?
00:23Absolutely beautiful.
00:24So the team are hitting the road.
00:27This is the perfect opportunity to meet some new people, learn some new skills and maybe
00:31fix a few things on the way.
00:32Yeah, I'm up to that.
00:35On a unique adventure.
00:37Whoa!
00:38We're going to get some looks on the way back to the barn.
00:41To join forces with expert craftspeople.
00:44We're putting 130 hours just hanging on the hazels.
00:48On their most ambitious restorations yet.
00:50They all need replacing.
00:51Yes, hundreds of pieces of stone.
00:53Wow.
00:54Keeping heritage crafts alive.
00:55Put up with friends.
00:56I know, isn't it?
00:57And passing precious skills to future generations.
01:00Is he a good student?
01:01He is, yes.
01:02Does he listen to you?
01:03He does, for the most part.
01:05Sparking restorations across the country.
01:07You're part of the history of this now as well.
01:10Today, Dom and Lucia get up close and personal with one of Scotland's most famous landmarks.
01:25This is quite fun.
01:27It needs a steady hand and a head for heights.
01:31Woo!
01:32From an ancient monument to some very modern art.
01:37It's so nice at the end of the day to stand back and look at what we've created.
01:42And Glasgow's Chinese community sets the repair shop a challenge.
01:47Why don't you fix it for me?
01:49And I'll give you a short demonstration.
01:55Here we go.
01:56Road trip time.
01:57We're on the road and we have been invited to Glasgow.
02:00Heading to Glasgow.
02:04Glasgow's location on the River Clyde transformed it into a major trading port, placing it at the heart of the British Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries.
02:14Today is a modern hub of culture and creativity, but its rich history is never far away.
02:23Standing proudly over the city for centuries, the stunning medieval masterpiece, Glasgow Cathedral.
02:34We're going to be visiting one of the tallest landmarks of Glasgow, which is the spire of Glasgow Cathedral.
02:43You know, it's even more amazing than that.
02:45What?
02:46You're going to the top of it.
02:49You know what, we'll probably see the spire of the cathedral ten miles before we go up there.
02:56There's been a cathedral on this site for over 800 years.
03:01Wow.
03:06We are so lucky to be here.
03:08I don't know where to look first.
03:09I know, it's like a real feast for the eyes, isn't it?
03:13Look at these embossed.
03:15They've got little creatures in there.
03:16Oh, yeah.
03:17Everyone's different.
03:18Everyone is different.
03:19All carved from stone.
03:20Yeah.
03:23Like most ancient buildings, it's an ongoing battle to keep it in tip-top condition.
03:28They're currently carrying out vital works on the spire, battered by centuries of Glasgow weather.
03:36It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance for Dom and Lucia to see this towering monument up close.
03:42I can't wait to find out more, so I'm going to go and find Stacey.
03:47And I'll find Ian.
03:48Good.
03:49We'll compare notes.
03:50Absolutely.
03:51Look forward to it.
03:52The work's been rare access to the cathedral's golden weather pane, which normally sits a dizzying 225 feet above ground.
04:07It's in real danger of falling apart without vital repairs.
04:11Ah, here they are.
04:14Hello, guys.
04:15How's it going?
04:16Luckily, Dom's here to assist blacksmith Stacey Hibbard and her apprentice Jamel Kouara.
04:25This is really impressive.
04:27It is.
04:28It's beautiful.
04:29It's beautiful piece of work.
04:30It's quite incredible, isn't it, to think this has come from the roof.
04:32All the way up there.
04:33Yeah.
04:34All the way up there.
04:35Looks so tiny up there compared to now.
04:36It's huge.
04:37All of these pieces would be stacked up on top of each other.
04:39Yep.
04:40The cockerel at the top and then we would have the points and then the ball.
04:44So, tell me about what you're up to here.
04:46This particular piece has been down a couple of times before.
04:50Okay.
04:51So, we're led to believe that the first time it came down was in 1991, where it blew off with the pole attached and essentially javelined into the ground.
05:01All the way to the ground here?
05:02Yeah.
05:03We assume that there was repairs made.
05:05Of course.
05:06But we think this is still original to the cathedral.
05:09But there's clearly had some repairs from that terrible accident in the 90s.
05:12From then and from 2012 as well.
05:14That was when it fell off again.
05:16Again?
05:17Yes.
05:18We need to stop this from happening.
05:19So, what is going on with this cockerel?
05:20It does not want to be on the roof.
05:21It doesn't want to be up there.
05:22Unfortunately, there's no way to kind of properly secure it because otherwise it won't spin.
05:27So, it's essentially just sits on top of a pole.
05:30Don't tell me that all of that scaffolding has been put up just for you guys to get the weather vane off.
05:34No.
05:35No, not at all.
05:36So, there's a lot of restoration work that's going on within the church steeple and the spire.
05:40So, it's given us a great opportunity to do those repairs, to re-guild it.
05:44Otherwise, it would have still been up there now.
05:46Okay.
05:47And I guess, at the moment, this gold is, I'm assuming, gold leaf.
05:50Most of it's actually gold paint at this point.
05:52There's patches that you will see that are slightly shinier.
05:54Yeah.
05:55That's the gold leaf that is still adhered.
05:57Yeah.
05:58So, are you going to strip all this off?
05:59We will be flame cleaning to remove and burn off the paint.
06:02So, it's just kind of a gentle heat to it just so that we don't damage the copper below it.
06:07Copper?
06:08The whole thing is copper.
06:09I've worked on one of these before and it was lead and all sorts of materials.
06:12No, it's all copper.
06:13The reason it's gold is so that it stands out to show the opulence as well.
06:17This is fascinating.
06:18First concern I would have is this dodgy world here.
06:21Yes.
06:22Can I have a sand and see?
06:23Yes.
06:25It's quite a strange feeling, standing down through all these layers of history.
06:31You found anything on your side?
06:35A little bit of silver.
06:36Oh, it still is silver.
06:37Not the gold I was hoping for.
06:39Hang on.
06:40So, it potentially is a lead solder.
06:48That is obviously not a weld.
06:50That now looks like, well, do you think lead?
06:51Potentially, yes.
06:52Yeah.
06:53We will get a kit on it just to confirm.
06:55To test that, analyse it and see what that's actually made of.
06:57Yeah.
06:58But what about these cracks around here?
06:59I mean, that's so thin around here.
07:01So, this is all from where it's taken the weather and it's work hardened and cracked.
07:05So, we'll flame clean it.
07:06Okay.
07:07And then fill these cracks.
07:09To see where the weathervane used to perch, Lucia's getting a bird's eye view of the cathedral under the guidance of Ian Lammy, District Architect for Historic Environment Scotland.
07:24The current big project is the steeple.
07:29Yeah.
07:30At the very top, there's been movement.
07:31We're going to be carrying out repairs over the next two or three months.
07:35How high is it?
07:36It's 225 feet from here.
07:40It's breathtaking.
07:41Is it?
07:42I'm sure it is.
07:43I'm sure it is as well.
07:44I'm going to bite the bullet and say, let's do it.
07:45Let's go.
07:46Oh, my goodness.
07:47It's so exciting.
07:48OK.
07:49This is where it changes a bit for me.
07:51My gosh.
07:52My.
07:53Whoa!
07:54Whoa!
07:55Whoa!
07:56Oh, that was an experience.
07:57Yeah.
07:58Well, this is only the first part.
07:59Are we there yet?
08:00No.
08:01No.
08:02No.
08:03No.
08:04No.
08:05No.
08:06No.
08:07No.
08:08No.
08:09No.
08:10No.
08:11No.
08:12No.
08:13No.
08:14No.
08:15No.
08:16No.
08:17No.
08:18No.
08:19No.
08:20No.
08:21No.
08:22No.
08:23No.
08:24No.
08:25Are we there yet?
08:26We've got one more flight.
08:28In 1406, the cathedral's wooden steeple was destroyed by lightning.
08:34This mid15th century stone replacement is now suffering its own meteorological mischief.
08:41What are we looking at, Ian, here?
08:44We're looking at the structural cracking, and it's due to the steel work that's inside
08:48that was put in in the 1970s to a skewer at the top of the steeple.
08:52Over the past 20, 30 years, the rainfall now has gone up so much,
08:57the moisture is going through the basery.
08:59Yeah, of course.
08:59And it's actually starting to corrode the steel.
09:02For every millimetre of steel that corrodes,
09:05you can get up to 10 millimetres of push.
09:07What gives is actually the stone rather than the joint.
09:11Well, what we're doing is we're going to take the steelwork out
09:14to put new stainless steel.
09:17It's the very highest grade of stainless steel.
09:19It's got really very, very high corrosion resistance.
09:23There's something else to see as well, and it's further up, so...
09:26It's the gift that keeps on giving.
09:30To reach the summit where the weathervane once sat,
09:34it's up yet another flight of steps.
09:37Woo-hoo!
09:38It's got something.
09:40Over 200 very windy feet up.
09:44So here we are, where the weathervane was.
09:46You can actually see its profile.
09:48That's the globe.
09:49Yeah!
09:50And beyond that, on the next level, was the weathercock.
09:54Oh, my word.
09:55And so whoever puts the weathercock back on has to go up there.
09:58It has to go up on the next level,
10:00which we don't have the ladders for at the moment.
10:02No, no.
10:03We're taking the weathercock away.
10:04Why are you doing the weathervane at the same time as the structural?
10:07Well, this is once in a generation.
10:09This scaffold will do all of the repairs,
10:11and it'll probably be 60 to 100 years before we're doing anything.
10:15Again, again, with this kind of scaffolding.
10:18How does it feel for you personally to have once in a generation access to this?
10:23It's a fantastic privilege.
10:25I mean, I just love my job.
10:27Yeah.
10:28How can you know it?
10:29Yeah.
10:29I mean, you're fixing your heritage.
10:33Why is it important to the community that we have this kind of heritage preserved?
10:38Everything you see right round this whole big city
10:42all started from this church, this cathedral,
10:46back in the early medieval period.
10:47So everything developed from where we're standing right here.
10:51Absolute privilege.
10:53Absolute privilege.
10:59Oh, here she is.
11:02Lucia.
11:03I swear.
11:04That, I don't...
11:06Well done.
11:07Well done.
11:08Stand.
11:09Speechless.
11:09I am speechless.
11:11Have you been up there?
11:12Yes, we had to do the initial assessment up there.
11:15How was it?
11:16It was really scary.
11:17It was totally awesome, amazing, spectacular, quite beautiful.
11:24Yeah.
11:24But so scary.
11:25Oh!
11:26It was really windy.
11:28That's why this guy keeps jumping off there.
11:29Absolutely, I don't blame him.
11:30And so the next job is to take this back to the workshop
11:32and do some flame cleaning.
11:34Oh!
11:35I know.
11:36We're just going to strip all of this off
11:37because the copper needs repairs to don't look at these cracks.
11:40But he's going to look good.
11:49This isn't Dom's first brush with a weathervane,
11:52but it needs the skill of a blacksmith
11:54to achieve this particular repair.
11:57I've worked on a few weathervanes now
11:59that are actually back out up on church roofs.
12:02Yeah, I remember one came into the repair shop a long time ago.
12:05Yeah, I remember that.
12:06Yeah, that's back up on the church roof now.
12:07Yeah, yeah.
12:07So I really take my hat off to Stacey.
12:10Knowing that what you're working on
12:11is going to end up back out in the elements,
12:15up really, really high.
12:16Yeah.
12:17Exposed to the elements.
12:18And the cost and the amount of work involved
12:21in getting up there is massive.
12:25Big job on her hands.
12:26Yeah.
12:27Lucia is off to be to Glaswegian
12:31with an extraordinary restoration challenge.
12:35So Dom is at Stacey's forge,
12:38where she's coaching apprentice Jamel
12:40on the ancient art of forging metal.
12:44Stacey, is he a good student?
12:45He is, yes.
12:46Does he listen to you?
12:47He does, for the most part.
12:48I'm just drawing out the taper
12:52and spinning round the...
12:54So you're sort of making it longer,
12:56stretching it out.
12:56Definitely.
12:59It's amazing how easy you can move it.
13:01I would love to stay here by the forge,
13:03but you know why I'm here?
13:05How are you getting on with the weather, Vane?
13:06It is outside and ready for flame cleaning.
13:12Here he is, our old friend.
13:14Yep.
13:15OK, so we're going to use heat
13:17to burn off all of this old layers of paint
13:19and all this gold leaf
13:20and whatever's left there.
13:21Yeah, so we can re-gild it
13:22and get it looking nice and shiny again.
13:24So we need to be wearing masks and overalls.
13:30You ready?
13:31I'm ready.
13:32We're invincible now.
13:33We are.
13:36Removing years of built-up paint and gold leaf
13:39will leave Stacey and Jamel
13:41a clean copper surface to work on.
13:44It'll also reveal any previous patches and repairs.
13:49That is burning the paint off so quickly.
13:51Yeah, it's very hot.
13:57Wow.
13:57You have to keep moving around
13:59so I don't heat one area too quickly.
14:01Copper has a low melting point
14:02and it will burn away.
14:05So I've got that.
14:06How's it going?
14:21It's going well.
14:22Right.
14:23Let me have a brush
14:23and see what we're doing with.
14:24OK.
14:30Wow.
14:31This is exactly what we were saying
14:44about removing all the paint
14:45and the gold leaf
14:46and all the old layers of paint
14:47that have been building up on there
14:48has revealed this area.
14:49So although it looks a mess now
14:51this is the start
14:51of quite a long process
14:53to get this cockerel looking beautiful
14:55to put back on the roof.
14:57Definitely.
14:57You must really enjoy doing this.
14:59What is your favourite part of this craft?
15:01Being on the anvil and forging
15:02making something malleable
15:03that is normally very rigid
15:05with fire is enjoyable.
15:07Brilliant.
15:07So what's next
15:08for our precious weather vane?
15:09The next step is to address any corrosion
15:12fix all of the holes, bumps.
15:14I've seen a couple more
15:15the more I'm looking at it
15:16I keep seeing one here
15:16there's a couple in the other wing as well.
15:18Definitely.
15:19And then after that has been done
15:20it will be painted
15:21and gold leafed again.
15:22Then put back on the roof.
15:23It's typical that when you do
15:25quite a lot of repairs on a piece
15:26that you stamp it
15:27with your name and the date.
15:29How does that feel?
15:30Knowing that your stamp
15:31is going to be on this
15:32so in the next year
15:33it could be a hundred years later.
15:34No one else will see it
15:35from the top of the cathedral
15:36but I'll know.
15:39I cannot wait to see this finished
15:41and back on that rooftop.
15:48While Dom works on the weather vane
15:50Lucia's been asked
15:53to lend her skills
15:54to another item
15:55in need of repair.
15:58There's been a growing
15:59Chinese community in Glasgow
16:01since the 19th century
16:02and Ka Ming
16:04has a piece of the city's
16:05Haka Chinese Minorities heritage
16:08in need of attention.
16:10Ka, tell me about this
16:12a very beautiful object.
16:14It's a traditional unicorn head.
16:17And what is it used for?
16:18Chinese celebration
16:19like the Chinese New Year.
16:21Yeah.
16:22Sometimes like the weddings as well.
16:25Really?
16:25Yes.
16:26They call it killing.
16:27A killing?
16:27Yeah, killing.
16:28Is this the actual horn
16:29for the unicorn?
16:30Yes, that's the actual horn
16:31for the unicorn.
16:32How old is this?
16:3325 years old.
16:34Really?
16:35I can tell you it's quite old
16:36just because of some
16:37of the discolouration
16:38that's on it.
16:38Yes, yes.
16:39Where did you get this from?
16:41This is from
16:42the Wing Hong Centre
16:43where I work at.
16:44It's like a drop-in centre
16:45for the Chinese elderly.
16:48That's where they all gather
16:49and have a little chat
16:51with friends.
16:52I'm a bit frightened to touch it.
16:53How do you handle it?
16:54You hold it at the base?
16:55Well, I normally hold it
16:56at the base here.
16:56OK.
16:57Just where they handle this.
16:58OK.
16:59Right.
17:00Right.
17:02Oh, look at this.
17:03Oh, my goodness.
17:04It's huge.
17:05The actual traditional way
17:07of putting this down
17:08is if you face it
17:10towards a door.
17:11Really?
17:12Otherwise, if you don't
17:13have it facing the doorways,
17:15it's bad luck.
17:16How is it used?
17:17It's a very specific dance
17:18by two people.
17:20The first person
17:20takes the head.
17:22The second one
17:23takes the back end.
17:24The person at the front
17:25swings the head
17:26side to side.
17:27Would you actually wear this?
17:29Yes.
17:29So are you a dancer then?
17:30Yes, I would dance with it.
17:31Is there anyone else
17:32that knows how to do
17:33the dance in Glasgow?
17:34To be honest,
17:35I'm the only person
17:36that knows how to do
17:37the dance.
17:37No!
17:38Yes.
17:39But I would like to
17:40pass on that knowledge
17:41to the younger generations.
17:44I bet you would.
17:44That would be fantastic.
17:46So you're of a generation
17:47that's on a cusp
17:48of change,
17:50massive change.
17:51Yes.
17:52And you are in the business
17:53of preserving
17:54the culture, really.
17:57Yes.
17:57Mostly traditional culture.
17:59The traditional culture.
18:00Yes.
18:00You've got all these
18:01absolutely beautiful
18:02colour schemes and designs.
18:04Yes.
18:04But can you talk to me
18:05a little bit about the damage?
18:07What are your main concerns?
18:08The main concern
18:09is the actual unicorn itself.
18:11Right.
18:12That's the main problem.
18:13Oh, I can see
18:14there's a lot of...
18:15Yes, there's a lot of tape.
18:16Mainly it's just
18:17the outside of the unicorn head.
18:19OK, so we're just talking
18:20about the papier-mâché.
18:21Yes.
18:22Kat, how do you feel
18:23seeing it in this condition?
18:25A little heartbroken.
18:27Because this is actually
18:27quite delicate material,
18:29isn't it?
18:29Yes, it is.
18:29It's a fragile thing.
18:31And when was the last time
18:33you used it?
18:33Chinese New Year, 2018.
18:35I do not want to damage
18:37this any more than I have.
18:39Can you give a demonstration
18:40of that?
18:41Why don't you fix it for me?
18:42And I'll give you
18:43a short demonstration
18:43afterwards.
18:44I am more than happy
18:46to do that.
18:47I'm literally blown away
18:48by the beauty of this object.
18:50I will do my absolute best
18:51to make him pristine
18:53and ready to dance.
18:59Before Lucia takes the
19:01chi-lin back to the barn,
19:03she and Dom reflect
19:05on their sky-high encounter
19:07with Glasgow Cathedral's weather vane.
19:11The thing I like about it is
19:12once the work has been done
19:14and it's all gilded
19:15and back in place,
19:17thousands of people
19:18of the residents of Glasgow
19:19are going to see that
19:20every day.
19:21It's a landmark, isn't it?
19:23Ian made the point
19:24that it's a generational thing,
19:26you know?
19:26It'll be probably
19:27not even the next generation
19:29but the one after that
19:30that is the next group
19:31of people to go up there.
19:32Although I will say
19:33that cockerel has a tendency
19:34to keep jumping off the roof.
19:36Yeah, I heard that.
19:37Yeah.
19:37That must be it.
19:38He's got a bit of a mind
19:38of his own.
19:40He may well make another leap
19:41at some point.
19:42I met a man in a park
19:43with a unicorn.
19:46You're not supposed
19:46to be talking to strangers
19:47in bars.
19:48That's what my mum
19:49always said.
19:50He brought a fantastic
19:53papier-mâché head.
19:54If I said a Chinese dragon
19:56you might think of it.
19:56Yeah.
19:57It's that kind of thing
19:58but it's actually a unicorn.
19:59No, it's more rounded.
20:01OK.
20:02It's very beautiful,
20:03very ornate,
20:05beautifully painted
20:06and there's a whole dance
20:08that goes with it.
20:09How are you feeling
20:09about actually repairing it?
20:11I am a little bit nervous
20:13because I actually...
20:13Quite a responsibility.
20:14It is a responsibility
20:15and I don't want to do anything
20:17that's different really
20:19to how it would have been made
20:2020, 30 years ago.
20:22So introducing new materials
20:24I'm really going to be
20:25very hesitant about.
20:27It's going to continue to dance.
20:28Good.
20:29Because if it wasn't
20:29for people like him
20:30the next generation
20:31are going to come along
20:32and not know anything about it.
20:33I know, Dom.
20:33It only takes one person
20:35to have that passion
20:36and then you feed it
20:38into the next generation.
20:39Nice.
20:39Lucia and the Chinese unicorn
20:56are now back at the repair shop
20:58and she'll be using
21:00her knowledge of traditional materials
21:02and paint restoration
21:03to repair the fragile surface.
21:07It's had a lot of repairs
21:09and this sticky tape
21:12has been used
21:13to do a lot of repairs
21:14and on this horn
21:15which is the actual unicorn's horn
21:18there's a lot of tape
21:19just being bound around it.
21:21The tape itself
21:22it's really degraded.
21:24You can see how yellow it is.
21:26It's very brittle
21:26and it's already peeling
21:29off the surface
21:29of this beautiful
21:31papier-mâché head.
21:34One of the things
21:34I was a bit concerned about
21:36was the actual bamboo structure.
21:38So there's a bamboo framework
21:39under this paper
21:40and I did bring in
21:42some bamboo from my garden
21:43or different sizes
21:44in case I had to cut some slivers
21:46but structurally
21:48it's pretty good
21:49which is great
21:51but it's the paper-mâché
21:53that's become torn
21:54and that's what's been
21:56covered up with this
21:57look at that
21:57it's just coming off
21:58like a big scab
22:00but that is good.
22:03What I'm hoping
22:04to be able to do
22:05is just reconstruct
22:06the areas of damage
22:07mostly from the inside
22:08if I can
22:09so that you can't see
22:10any of my work
22:12and then repaint it
22:13sort of get the designs
22:15back in place as well
22:16where it's broken
22:17along the tears.
22:18Quite a bit of work
22:19but I am very aware
22:21that Killing
22:22does like to look
22:23towards the door
22:24because that's where
22:25Killing brings in
22:26the good luck
22:27and I want to try
22:28and keep him facing
22:29that way as much
22:30as possible
22:30but he'll just have
22:32to forgive me
22:32when I turn him
22:33upside down
22:33now and again.
22:34There's more fragile material
22:51back at Stacey's forge
22:52the thin tail metal
22:54on the well vein
22:55has cracked
22:56so Stacey and Jamel
22:58are soldering it
22:59strong again.
23:00so we've got the small
23:03cracks in here
23:04we've already started
23:05kind of sanding them
23:06back and cleaning them
23:07so that we've got
23:08a nice clean surface
23:09for the silver
23:09to run on
23:11these bigger cracks
23:12we will fill in
23:13with braise instead
23:14but the nice small cracks
23:16we can do with a bit
23:17of silver solder
23:18as a nice and flush
23:19we're looking for those
23:28to kind of melt
23:29and then run into
23:31this crack and fill it
23:33it's all about
23:39getting the heat
23:40in the right place
23:40and sometimes
23:41you think you are
23:41and then you find
23:43like that bit of solder
23:44down here melted
23:46but the rest of it isn't
23:47and it's just trying
23:48to chase the heat
23:49we don't need to worry
23:51about doing too much
23:53to the edges
23:53because the nature
23:54of this weather vane
23:55being up where it is
23:56with the winds
23:56and storms it gets
23:57they are going to
23:59crack again
23:59we're just trying
24:00to prolong the life
24:01as much as possible
24:02since we flame clean
24:04the ends here
24:05we've discovered
24:07that they've got
24:07a couple more holes in it
24:08this one
24:09there was the patch
24:11over it originally
24:12it would have been
24:14there
24:15and then when we flame
24:16clean it
24:17the tin solder
24:18that was underneath
24:19has melted
24:21and it just fell off
24:23revealing this rather
24:25nasty kind of hole
24:27behind it
24:27there is some kind
24:29of filler
24:30that's in here
24:31that will break off
24:32so we're going to
24:33have to clean that out
24:34we'll cut out
24:36this section
24:37and use the pieces
24:38of the original patch
24:40to set in there
24:41and solder it in place
24:43so we fill it completely
24:45instead of having
24:46a raised patch
24:46over the top
24:47back at the repair shop
24:56Lucia is also
24:58repairing cracks
24:59it took me quite a while
25:02to work out
25:02what I needed to do
25:03I mean I thought
25:04I would be able
25:04to go on the inside
25:05and repair everything
25:06from the inside
25:07but that's not
25:08how it works
25:09each of these sections
25:11like the horn
25:12this whole nose cone
25:14thing here
25:15everything is actually
25:16added as a separate pod
25:18so you can't get from
25:19the inside of the structure
25:21at all
25:21so I've had to really
25:23think hard
25:24and try quite a few things
25:26to see what would work
25:28then what I'm doing
25:29I've actually softened
25:31this area of damage
25:32so it's a lot easier
25:33just to lift up
25:34and then I'm using
25:36Japanese tissue
25:37which is a lot stronger
25:38and I'm using
25:39a cellulose adhesive
25:40and I'm just attaching
25:42that to the underside
25:44it's a two part process
25:46once that's all nice and dry
25:47then I will just
25:49very gently
25:50tuck it all inside
25:52with some new paste
25:53and attach it
25:54I've already put one layer on
26:05and I'm going to have to
26:06build it up
26:07bit by bit
26:08just to start
26:09building up that gap
26:10it's been very fiddly
26:23I'm having to sort of
26:24treat every tear
26:25and every loss separately
26:26but now I've got into
26:28a rhythm
26:28and I feel confident
26:29with the materials
26:30that I am using
26:31on this now
26:32I've done
26:49most of the
26:50paper mache fills
26:51they've actually gone
26:52quite well
26:53some of them
26:54I've had to put
26:55some acrylic filler
26:57on top
26:58and I'm very nervous
26:59about that
26:59but it was the only way
27:00I could bring the surface
27:01up to the very edge
27:03of the top layers
27:04of paper mache
27:05but I'm happy
27:06to get to the level
27:07where I'm actually
27:08starting to retouch
27:09and I'm hoping
27:10that this retouching
27:12will really
27:14bring all the
27:16or sort of
27:16lose all the damages
27:17really
27:18they just won't be
27:19so obvious
27:19and I'm putting in
27:21the base coats
27:22which is this lovely
27:23yellow ochre
27:25this is an acrylic
27:28I'm using acrylic
27:29because I'm getting
27:30an opaque body colour
27:32and it offers
27:33quick drying
27:34and it's also
27:34fairly flexible
27:35and then for the blue
27:38it's really quite
27:39an intense blue
27:40you only need a little bit
27:41and it stains quite strongly
27:43so I've got a long way
27:49to go
27:49with this
27:51but so far
27:52it's been quite
27:55a lucky piece
27:56and I just hope
28:00I've imparted
28:00enough strength
28:01back into the structure
28:02that it'll stand up
28:04to the
28:04wonderful dance
28:06of the unicorn
28:06while Lucia continues
28:15her work
28:15on the Chilean
28:16dorm is still
28:17in Glasgow
28:18to visit a venue
28:19where talented artisans
28:21ply their craft
28:22in some vibrant ways
28:24Yardworks
28:26is a community facility
28:27at the centre
28:28of Glasgow's
28:29art and culture scene
28:30resident artist
28:32David Green
28:33also known
28:34as Pizza Boy
28:35is serving up
28:37tasty slices
28:37of street art
28:39this place
28:40is just incredible
28:41yeah
28:42it's so inspiring
28:43just walking around
28:44this yard
28:44it's just a place
28:45where you can come
28:46and learn to paint
28:47or you can hone
28:48your craft
28:48and you can do it
28:49all legally
28:50and safely
28:50there's everything
28:51from oil painters
28:52fine artists
28:53to graffiti artists
28:54print makers
28:55people working
28:56with fabrics
28:57you name it
28:57so it's not just
28:58graffiti
28:59no it's a mix
28:59of everything
29:00Glasgow's
29:03street art scene
29:03has been celebrating
29:04the identity
29:05and culture
29:06of the city
29:06since the 1960s
29:08now artists
29:11are being commissioned
29:11to create
29:12the next generation
29:13of large scale
29:15public murals
29:16what are you up to
29:17at the moment
29:18well I'm working
29:19on a mural just now
29:19a nice big bit of letter
29:21and a portrait
29:21which I think you'd probably
29:22be decent at trying
29:23I've already got my sleeves
29:24rolled up
29:25let's go
29:25there you go
29:28wow
29:29do you mind if I have a go
29:31let's go for it
29:31I know you've got a lot
29:32of time invested in this
29:33I promise I'll be careful
29:35I'm sure you'll be fine
29:36I'm sure you'll be all
29:37I'm alright with a brush
29:38but we'll see how we go
29:39do you want the R or the O
29:41you choose
29:43I'll do the O
29:44it looks easier
29:45I don't want to plan around that
29:47yeah
29:48the birth of Yardworks
29:54in 2016
29:55marked a shift
29:57in Glasgow's relationship
29:58with street art
29:59increasing opportunities
30:01for artists
30:02and communities
30:03for someone like me
30:05graffiti
30:05is something
30:06that you would see
30:07you know
30:07in the street
30:07that someone's done
30:08how does that
30:09become a job
30:10well I
30:11painted
30:12graffiti
30:13when I was younger
30:14and yeah
30:15it's an opportunity
30:16from someone
30:17who's going to pay you
30:18to paint something
30:19on a legal wall
30:21and that happened to be
30:22the director of this place
30:24I obviously proved myself
30:25in that one mural
30:26and then from then on
30:28I just kept on getting
30:29more work
30:29I guess places like this
30:31give so many other people
30:33that first chance
30:34yep
30:34we do like a lot of
30:36community work
30:37with workshops and things
30:38and it'll be like
30:38oh do you
30:39yeah yeah
30:39and it'll be maybe like
30:40young adults
30:41people want to get
30:42into the art world
30:43or some things
30:44people that don't even know
30:45that half of this
30:46sort of stuff exists
30:47as a job
30:48and you're just going in there
30:50and maybe doing
30:50one or two days with them
30:51and then that could
30:52open up their eyes
30:53to something that
30:53they've never experienced before
30:55when I work on
30:55community projects
30:56down at the barn
30:57so many people come out
30:58that people have never met before
30:59and they've never chatted to
31:00and it's like
31:01all of a sudden
31:01they all come together
31:02and you're helping
31:03and repairing that community
31:04in a way
31:05I feel like you're doing
31:06a similar thing
31:06yeah
31:07so whenever you turn up
31:08to paint a mural
31:09on a wall somewhere
31:10or even just a sign
31:11people will always stop
31:13and speak to you
31:14everyone's happy
31:15to see you do it
31:16do you think
31:16people's perceptions
31:17of graffiti
31:18are changing now then
31:19yeah definitely
31:21100%
31:21because there's
31:22so many murals
31:23popping up
31:24and people want to see
31:25a bit of colour
31:26in their city
31:27who doesn't want to be proud
31:28of where they live
31:28yeah
31:29that was
31:47so much fun
31:48and it's so nice
31:49at the end of the day
31:50to stand back
31:51and look at what
31:52we've created
31:52blacksmith apprentice
32:05Jamel
32:05is also on the brushes
32:07attending to the weathervane
32:09that once topped
32:10Glasgow Cathedral
32:11with a coat of yellow paint
32:14providing a bright
32:15and even base
32:16he'll apply
32:18the all-important
32:19gold leaf
32:20starting with a specialist adhesive
32:22called size
32:24when applying this
32:25we want a nice thin layer
32:27so it's not going to take
32:30forever to go off
32:32and it's also going to be
32:33a nice even coat
32:34because if you end up
32:35with it too thick in places
32:37it won't go off
32:38as quickly as the rest
32:39and it can cause
32:40the gold to look
32:41dull in areas
32:43where the glue
32:44hasn't gone off correctly
32:45we'll know when it's done
32:48is when we can run
32:49our knuckle
32:50or our finger over it
32:51and we get a squeaking sound
32:53and that will tell us
32:54it's ready for it
32:56if we roll our fingers
32:57over it
32:57and any other size
32:58comes away
32:59or it's tacky
33:00then it's still
33:01too wet for us
33:03so
33:03that squeaking sound
33:09tells me that it's ready
33:10for the gold leaf
33:10to be applied
33:11we're just going to
33:20take a piece of
33:21the transfer leaf
33:24and line it up
33:32over the size
33:34and press it on
33:38and rub it in
33:39now we'll leave that
33:40to set a bit more
33:42going over
33:43and brushing off
33:44any loose
33:44that may be
33:45around the edges
33:47lucia's been going for gold
34:17back at the barn
34:18the chillin is almost ready
34:20to return to Glasgow
34:22I have to come and have a look at this
34:25I've so enjoyed watching you work on him
34:27he's so gorgeous
34:29I know
34:29he's absolutely
34:30he's very photogenic isn't he
34:32oh my goodness
34:33he's beautiful
34:33he's been a real challenge
34:35but absolutely
34:36an exquisite item
34:38to work on
34:39yeah
34:40and I think when
34:41car gets him back
34:42and he does the unicorn
34:44dance
34:45he rubs and weaves
34:47oh lovely
34:49isn't he lovely
34:50have you got much more
34:52else to do
34:52I've got a few little
34:53tweaks to do
34:55just waiting for
34:56some sequins to arrive
34:58okay
34:58and then they'll go on
34:59and finish all the decorations
35:00because a lot have fallen off
35:01okay
35:01but yeah
35:02he's just about done
35:03and ready to go back
35:04well I look forward to seeing him
35:06when he goes out
35:06oh thank you Susan
35:08it was vital
35:22this piece of culture
35:24be preserved
35:24as far as he's aware
35:26Cam Ng is the last person
35:28in Glasgow
35:29who can perform
35:30the unicorn dance
35:31the Chi is back to meet him
35:34at Wing Hong
35:35Chinese elderly centre
35:37I'm actually
35:38do not know
35:39what she's done to it yet
35:40but I'm really
35:41really excited to see
35:42I'm actually very nervous
35:46I can't
35:47just can't wait to see it
35:49oh hello
35:50how are you doing
35:51lovely to meet you again
35:53you too
35:53I have to say
35:55I was astonished
35:56when I first saw this
35:57and it was such
35:58a wonderful item
36:00for me to work on
36:01it was very complex
36:02found out a lot about
36:03how he's made
36:05and he is getting
36:07a little bit old now
36:08so he's a little bit
36:10more fragile
36:10but still ready up
36:12for the occasional dance
36:13why was it important
36:15to have the unicorn fixed?
36:17it's very important
36:18for the community
36:19and also the Chinese community
36:22as it's very
36:23very unique
36:25in a way
36:26it brings health
36:27and good luck to them
36:28and also to
36:31the actual centre itself
36:32are you looking forward
36:34to seeing it?
36:35yes
36:35yes
36:35yes I am
36:36ok
36:36I'm very excited as well
36:38just speechless
36:49speechless
36:51it's amazing
36:58amazing
36:59yeah
36:59good
37:00it's a very big difference
37:02especially
37:02the actual front here
37:04looking shining
37:06well everything about it
37:08is
37:08exquisitely beautiful
37:10and the symbolism
37:11on it
37:12is
37:12incredible
37:13yes it is
37:14and I think
37:15that it will do
37:16a very good job
37:17for your community centre
37:18for years to come
37:19thank you
37:20and now I think
37:21it's your turn
37:22to keep your side
37:23of the deal
37:24yes
37:25yes
37:50it means a lot to the Chinese community
38:04to have it fixed
38:05it means a lot to the Chinese community
38:16to have it fixed
38:17because it represents a whole lot to them
38:20for years to come
38:22I think it's your turn
38:23I think it's your turn
38:24In Hong Kong, I was born in Hong Kong
38:27There are many people who have been able to see
38:29In the past, we can see the world in the past
38:34But it was a lot of years ago
38:36Now, in Galais, this is the second time we've been able to see
38:41Gagmin is always the same in the past
38:45It's been one of the past and one of the past
38:47If he can't see it, he can give to another person
38:50If he can teach the person to see it, it can be one of the past
38:53Bye-bye, it's going to be better.
38:57I actually don't know what to say.
38:58I'm truly blown away to have that lovely unicorn
39:02do the unicorn dance.
39:04I mean, it was energetic, it was very powerful.
39:07It was wonderful.
39:10Lych has done a great job.
39:12Amazing.
39:13Can't say any more.
39:14With the unicorn safely back where it belongs,
39:25it's time to return the weather vane to its rightful position,
39:29having been grounded for the last two years.
39:37I am so excited to be back here at Glasgow Cathedral
39:40and see how Jamil and Stacey have got on with the weather vane
39:44and, yeah, I'll be climbing up to the top of the spire again.
39:48Oh, dear, I'm a little bit nervous, but happy to.
39:51It's a beautiful place.
39:55Awaiting Lucia's arrival on the spire,
39:58blacksmith Stacey and Jamil,
40:00who have been working to restore this city landmark.
40:03The reassembly starts with the orb
40:06upon which the weather vane is mounted.
40:09Hi, guys.
40:10Hi.
40:11Hi. How exciting is this?
40:14And here it is.
40:15So, Jamil's just cut all the tape for us.
40:17OK.
40:18So, if you want to start pulling it round.
40:21How incredible is this?
40:24Unbelievable.
40:25Blended job you've done.
40:29Wow.
40:30It's very beautiful.
40:32So, was it quite hard to gild it?
40:34It was time-consuming.
40:35There was actually no gold left on it.
40:37Really?
40:37So, we have repainted, after giving it a light sand,
40:41with a yellow enamel paint to give it a yellow base.
40:44Yeah.
40:45It's just so much surface area.
40:47Wow.
40:48It looks pretty amazing, actually.
40:49All we need is the sun glinting off it.
40:50See, but where's the cockerel?
40:51On the next floor up.
40:52On the next floor up.
40:54OK, let's go.
41:00There's the cockerel, waiting for its little nesting place.
41:04Give me a hand.
41:04Yeah.
41:05So, we'll lift it on and Jamil will guide us in.
41:07Yeah?
41:08So, if you want to take that end.
41:09Right.
41:10Do I hold them underneath?
41:11Underneath would be great.
41:12Oh, it's heavy.
41:13Oh, my goodness.
41:14Oh.
41:15And that's it in place.
41:25Are we ready for the unveiling of this beautiful creature?
41:32Wow.
41:35How beautiful is this?
41:38And look, it moves.
41:42What fantastic work you've done, guys.
41:45And the gilding is sensational.
41:48Was it really difficult on this cockerel?
41:50It was at times.
41:51Yeah?
41:52Lots of nits and crannies.
41:53Quite extraordinary.
41:54It radiates, doesn't it?
41:56Yeah.
41:57This is going to be truly a magnificent point
41:59for people to look up to the heavens.
42:01Yes.
42:02I am nearly moved to tears.
42:03I really am.
42:04It's really quite something.
42:06On top of the world.
42:11It's just been totally wonderful to see the end product
42:14and to be part of putting it back up there.
42:17And the work that Stacey and Jamil have done has just been...
42:21It's awesome.
42:23And to be part of that in the 21st century
42:26is something really quite extraordinary.
42:28What else can I say?
42:29What else can I say?
42:30Apart from the bells behind me and I want to clunk it.
42:35Oh, let's go.
42:45With the weathervane back in its rightful place, it's time to leave Glasgow.
42:50A city where you find art on every street corner.
42:53The short time that we've been here, I've already noticed how much of a difference it makes.
42:59These little bits of the city that would usually be, you know, neglected and run down.
43:03Yeah.
43:04It brightens it up.
43:05I am a fan of certainly the murals.
43:07It's not hidden away in an art gallery or in someone's living room.
43:10No, that's true.
43:11It's there, it's out on the road.
43:13Yeah.