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 Booking: To secure a place, please visit Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gilding-and-decorative-surfaces-group-composition-ornament-course-july-2017-tickets-35207594864 Gilding and Decorative Surfaces Group – Composition Ornament Course- July 2017<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gilding-and-decorative-surfaces-group-composition-ornament-course-july-2017-tickets-35207594864> www.eventbrite.co.uk 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. ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Archives through August 2016 at http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/ Archives from September 2016 onward at https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
