THE COLLECTION – Waddesdon Manor

For this year’s theme of Christmas Carnival, we wanted to reimagine the spirit of entertaining and celebrating that the Manor was known for. Inspiration for the decorations has been taken from the collection, events, associated characters and family...

Nicholas Wong, Year 2 Video Design for Live Performance
This week Dan Shorten, Head of Production for Guildhall Live Events, talked us through our first draft of the light show.
He suggested that the first section of the piece did not quite fit with the rest of the show aesthetically, as while the majority of the show uses images from the collection to create Christmassy scenes, the opening effect had more of a ‘sci-fi’ feel...

What is it? This fierce and fantastic lion is actually an inkstand. He leans on the candle-holder, whilst an inkwell, a pounce-pot (for holding sand to sprinkle on wet ink) and holes for quill pens sit by his feet.
Where did it come from? He was made in the Rhineland, now in Germany, renowned for its stoneware, which in the 18th century was exported all over Europe....

Eleisha Brand, Year 2 Video Design for Live Performance
“Working on Waddesdon’s Christmas Carnival projection has been an amazing experience, and I feel extremely lucky to be involved.
As a team, we have created a bespoke eight-minute audio visual show that will be projected onto the French 17th century-style stables at Waddesdon Manor, with winter imagery to celebrate the Christmas period. All of the images used in the show have been...