Description

Course Content

This is a beginners course, it is for individuals with little or no previous experience, it will explore all the basics required to restore or upcycle a piece of furniture.

Week 1
Choosing a suitable piece of furniture, creating mood boards, planning, scope and sequence of work. Safety while working.

Week 2
Tools and techniques. A look at the basic tools required to complete a project as well as exploring some traditional specialised tools, that you may not have considered.

Week 3
Basic woodworking, fixings, sawing, marking out, types of woods, veneers.

Week 4
Preparing your project, removing old paints, lacquers and upholstery. Disassembly or reassembly ! Some projects may require reassembly if joints have become loose, gluing, clamping or reassembly techniques will be demonstrated.

Week 5
Preparing surfaces. Preparation of surfaces is vital to achieving good results.

Week 6
Painting finishes and effects.

Week 7
Basic Upholstery tools and techniques

Week 8
Reassembly of projects, fixing, gluing, clamping, jointing.

Week 9
Natural Finishes, an introduction to natural finishes, ebonising, fuming, Shou Sugi Ban.

Week 10
Completion of project, open discussion, review of participants own work “show and tell”.

Please Note: Galway Community College reserves the right to make changes to any course, to limit the number of places available or to withdraw a course. The content of the course description can be altered/amended to meet the standards of the participants on the course. No part of this information shall be deemed to form a contract between the college and a student or a third party.