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Antique Furniture Restoration Courses - Useful Web Links
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Antique Furniture Restoration Courses. The Retreat, Lanteglos Highway, Fowey, Cornwall PL23 1ND. HERE IS A LIST OF USEFUL LINKS. Traditional uphostery courses by master uphosterer Richard Hooper. Main web site for the workshop venue. Traditional uphostery courses held in beautiful Wales.
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Chair Love: October 2011
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A blog about reinvention and (re)upholstery. Saturday, October 15, 2011. Since my last post, I've been busy trawling car-boot sales looking for local loot. And by "loot", I mean castaway chairs screaming out for a make-over, preferably for under £5.00. Since I left England it seems that the cost of practically everything has rocketed into the stratosphere, but you can always rely on a jolly good car boot sale for a jolly good deal. Yes, exactly, but from the back of your car. Isn't that fantastic? Jersey...
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Chair Love: Chair Love?
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A blog about reinvention and (re)upholstery. Thursday, October 6, 2011. It's a bit of an ambiguous title, I'll admit. I don't have a fetish for inanimate objects, at least not in the same way that lady. From San Fran who married the Eiffel Tower does, but I do have a special place in my heart reserved for chairs. Why I love chairs. Http:/ www.gampermartino.c. Why I want to upholster them. Last year. Transforming that chair restored my soul. But that's a story for another time. He travelled the world with...
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Ismini Samanidou
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Ismini Samanidou Ismini Samanidou. Lace fragment and lace piece. Lace fragments designed by my great grandfather Dionysis Bahomis in the beginning of the 20th Century. This collection of lace fragments inspired a large textile piece developed for Texmedin Design Challenge, a European funded Mediterranean project exploring the relationship between tradition and innovation. Large Scale textile installation commissioned for the Jerwood Contemporary Makers Exhibition. The piece explores scale and the tra...
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Carte Blanche: August 2013
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Saturday, 17 August 2013. Guest Blogger - Jo Lee of Swedish Interior Design. I am delighted to announce that we have a new series of guest writers who will appear on Carte Blanche's blog periodically. Our first is Jo Lee. Of Swedish Interior Design. Jo and Madeleine have the largest, most beautiful and best range of Swedish furniture both original and recreated that I have ever come across and their technical knowledge and understanding of this field is outstanding. How long will it last? Firstly, the ap...
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Carte Blanche: May 2014
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Monday, 5 May 2014. What happens when stuff gets old.do you throw it out? Sometimes yes if it's broken, that's the best thing to do. What if an item has still got life in it and it's just a bit tired or dated? I Love That Junk. To see how this was achieved. So if we love saving the small stuff, why do we throw the big stuff.clever paint finishes can turn something like this from ebay. To this at Carte Blanche Studios and you can learn how this was done on our. Ultimate Furniture Painting Class. But peopl...
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Carte Blanche: January 2014
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Wednesday, 8 January 2014. We have done a lot of work in the last year at Fasque House in Kincardineshire a wonderful wedding and conference destination that has been created in the house and grounds former home of Prime Minister Gladstone's family. A little part of Fasque's estate hidden down in the then dilapidated kitchen garden was the sweetest building originally called the "Apple Store" now known as the Garden Rooms and sometimes referred to in documents as Fasque's Gothic Pavilion. Using tradition...
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Carte Blanche: September 2014
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Monday, 29 September 2014. Graining and Marbling Extravaganza. 3 Award Winning Teachers in 4 days! Painted Faux Portoro and Mahogany. Graining and Marbling are techniques executed in paint that imitate marble and wood. They are almost the foundation skills of the decorative painter. Learning these techniques gives you core abilities in the manipulation of paint that you will continue to use throughout your decorative career. Class at Lynne Rutter's studio in San Francisco. Then we will have the great ple...
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Carte Blanche: June 2013
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Sunday, 30 June 2013. The Ultimate Furniture Painting Class. Do you make some or all of your living from painting furniture or has it become an important part of your life? See more details on our website here. And book in the shop here. And there is a great discount if you pay in full before April 22nd of 10% off. Opt for full payment and use the code UFP10 at the checkout. A student's cabinet elegantly finished in eggshell, and gilded and stencilled. It's not rocket science granted, but a little knowle...