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This is a workshop-type 5-week course, aimed at developing the skills required to strip down old upholstery in the correct sequence in order to create a new, well-structured seat appropriate to the design of the chosen item. Beginners will work on a small item of furniture, e.g., a footstool, dining-chair seat or bedroom chair, which they will bring with them to class. These items will enable students to learn to recognise tools and equipment and to identify materials.
Equipment:
The Arts & Crafts Centre has a heavy craft room with work benches and trestles suitable to this craft.
Please bring with you a small item of furniture, upholstery material, a small hammer, a pair of scissors, a camera (if available) and a note-book and pencil or pen.
Other tools and materials will be discussed during the first session.
An additional charge is applicable for materials used from the centre.
Additional Information;
Tea, coffee and biscuits are available in the kitchen area, for a small charge.
Whilst working in the furniture construction industry in the eighties and nineties I learnt upholstery craftsmanship. At CD Kenworthy's in St Alban's I predominantly worked with 'World of Leather' and 'Ercol' furniture, learning how to repair upholstery in Modern furniture and how to restore and reupholster furniture using industrial equipment and processes.
I then specialised in Antique Furniture and joined 'R and V' Restorers in Whitwell. Here I learnt traditional upholstery skills, how to restore and preserve vintage furniture, repairing the internal structure and covering it with appropriate fabrics and trimmings.
Later I set up 'Adelaide Upholstery ', my own business in Luton. I had my own workshop studio and offered a traditional and modern upholstery service.
