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Painted Furniture:
- Classic/European Finishes
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Classic antique and designer furniture has a sophistication of
look that cannot be imitated by factories or machines. It has to
be rendered by hand. You can learn how to duplicate age old looks
by the use of these advanced finishes learned in this class.
You will first learn how to prepare and paint a piece of furniture first, no matter how old and dirty. Then you will learn up to eight different finishes that you can put on your furniture to suit your client's or your own needs.
Students will work on moldings, panels and their own pieces of
furniture.
We will also cover how to prepare, prime, paint and antique kitchen cabinets. This is a hot new finish which should be in your portfolio.
This is not a class where everybody works on the same generic wooden box. We make it difficult for ourselves and more informative for you by encouraging you to bring an old/new piece of furniture in for refinishing, repair or restoration. That way everybody can learn the ways to refinish/finish many different types of furniture.
Please phone studio prior to class to discuss a piece to bring. No large pieces please as we only have a limited time to finish. You could however, bring in a drawer or door or two.
Class Information:
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| August 11, 12 & 13, 2008 |
Mon, Tues & Wed
- 9am to 5pm
3 day class
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PFE-0811-08 |
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We Americans are taught as consumers to see
everything brand-new as good and worn objects as needing to be replaced.
Europeans have long appreciated the look of 100 year old limewash
paint and unfinished plaster where we need to splash a "fresh"
coat of paint on anything slightly faded. Maybe because the demographic
bulge of the baby boomers are aging themselves that we are seeing
a resurgence in the "tea-stained" and antiqued look.
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Click here to see
slide show of samples
Antiquing or the art of gently
aging:
As we approach the millenium, people are looking back over the past
century and are learning to value things that last. This is especially
true in today's "throw-away" electronic culture. A well-built
piece of furniture will last several generations and it may go through
many transformations during its life. There is satisfaction in owning
something that someone thought of well enough to keep in good repair
while allowing it to acquire "character". After we paint
and/or glaze a piece of furniture, the finish is rarely complete
until the new finish is aged. This is one of things we try to teach
at Dundean Studios: how to take the "newness" out of a
finish, gently age it to a certain point and then stabilize it for
the next generation. The generic term for this is antiquing. These
techniques can be used for both furniture and architecture.
Dean Sickler-1999 |
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