Furniture Restoration
Lecture and Demonstration
Date: Feb 1 – Feb 1Space: Workshop
Learn about the history of New Zealand furniture from the late 1800’s through to modern day.
A special focus on furniture from the Arts n Crafts Deco period from the 1920′ to the 1940’s.
Workshop includes:
- Presentation by Jason on his experience and knowledge of NZ furniture.
- A practical demonstration on how to restore furniture.
- Participants will be shown practical examples of handles and fittings associated with each period.
- Knowledge on how to identify furniture woods.
- Participants may bring in a small furniture sample (no larger than a chair). As part of a question and answer time, Jason aims to provide you with guidance for you to restore your own furniture.
Participants in this workshop will go away with:
- a greater understanding of the history of New Zealand’s very unique furniture history,
- a greater understanding on how to identify what period furniture was made in,
- a greater understanding on what woods were used and how to identify them, and
- a basic guide on how to repair, maintain and restore your own pieces of furniture.