Gilding and Decorative Surfaces Group – Composition Ornament Course- July 2017

ICON Gilding and Decorative Surfaces Group are pleased to offer a two-day 
course in working with Composition (Compo) ornament. Hosted at the Wallace 
Collection, London 20-21st July 2017, 10-5pm.

Suitable for beginners or those with experience, the programme will expand your 
knowledge of working with compo, enabling you to repair and replicate missing 
ornamentation for a range of substrates. Students will be shown the basics of 
pressing compo through to more advanced techniques for reinforcing the ornament 
with wire mesh, utilising these skills to create a replica candle sconce for a 
pier mirror as a sample project to take away.

The course is led by Campbell Norman-Smith.  Campbell runs The Granary 
Conservation Studio (Lincolnshire), and is the former course leader of the MA 
Conservation of Furniture and Decorative Art (Bucks New University). He is a 
practicing conservator with over 30 years’ experience working with composition 
ornament.

To increase accessibility fees for this course are being subsidised by the 
GDSG, and we request only one attendee per company or institution.

Address: Wallace Collection, Herford House, Manchester Sq, London W1U 3BN
Price:  £160 per person (Students £110, as available), a maximum of 10 attendees

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ICON Gilding and Decorative Surfaces Group are pleased to offer a two-day 
course in working with Composition (Compo) ornament. Hosted at the Wallace 
Collection, London 20-21st July 2017, 10-5pm. Suitable for beginners or those 
with experience, the programme will expand your knowledge of working with 
compo, enabling you to repair and replicate missing ornamentation for a range 
of substrates. Students will be shown the basics of pressing compo through to 
more advanced techniques for reinforcing the ornament with wire mesh, utilising 
these skills to create a replica candle sconce for a pier mirror as a sample 
project to take away. The course is led by Campbell Norman-Smith. Campbell runs 
The Granary Conservation Studio (Lincolnshire), and is the former course leader 
of the MA Conservation of Furniture and Decorative Art (Bucks New University). 
He is a practicing conservator with over 30 years’ experience working with 
composition ornament. To increase accessibility fees for this course are being 
subsidised




Further information or questions contact: 
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>


Additional Information: All material will be included to create sample 
projects. But attendees will need to provide their own cutting mat, scalpels, 
and aprons. Small sculpture tools would also be advantageous.

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