Footstool: Make & Upholster
This combined two day course - in association with co-host ‘Meticulous: Creative Upholstery Courses & Restoration’ - offers the opportunity to make and upholster your own footstool from start to finish.
The course will have an emphasis on traditional methods of both construction and upholstery, to give a unique experience in two very different crafts.
You will spend the first day making the solid timber stool at the workbench under the tuition of Steve of Dovetail Woodworking, using both machine and hand tools.
Day two will see you in the experienced hands of Katie, upholstering the stool using a combination of traditional and modern methods and materials.
Both day’s tuition will be at the Acava Studios, Spode Works, Stoke.
Meticulous: Creative Upholstery Courses and Restoration: Katie is an experienced furniture restorer, upholsterer and teacher with 8 years experience teaching craft skills. After completing the City & Guilds Diplomas in Traditional Furniture Making and Upholstery she qualified as a City & Guilds Trainer/Assessor and taught at a City & Guilds training centre in Bristol. She is a qualified Design and Technology teacher with a degree in the History of Art and Design.
Duration: 9.00am to 4.00pm (each day)
Minimum Participants: This course requires a minimum of 2 people to run
Materials: You will need to bring along 1 square metre of medium weight upholstery fabric of your choice, otherwise, all other materials are included in the workshop fee
Course Content: The following elements will be included on this course:-
Making:
Cutting tapered legs using the bandsaw
Planing legs to final dimensions by hand
Drilling the legs and rails for dowel joints
Glue and cramp together
Sanding
Polishing
Upholstery:
Webbing the frame using a webbing stretcher
Cutting and fixing a hessian platform using a staple gun or hammer and tacks
Fixing the foam to the platform
Covering with a layer of calico to demonstrate the cutting, measuring, application techniques
Applying the top cover
Covering and adding shallow buttons (optional)
Adding the bottom cloth to underside
“Great footstool making course with Steve. I would highly recommend the course to anyone thinking of doing it - it was really enjoyable. I learnt a lot and was so pleased with the end result. It works well that he has teamed up with Katie to run the second day of the course to do the upholstery. Steve is a lovely guy and gives you all the details and information needed to make the most of the course - I would certainly do another course with Steve.”
Booking
Price includes a 30% non-refundable cancellation fee. Please note that anyone under the age of 18 cannot be accepted for workshop. Please see the full Standard Terms & Conditions
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