Creative Furniture Upcycling for Beginners
Experimenting Techniques
A course by Joanne Condon , Furniture Artist and Upcycler
About the video: Experimenting Techniques
Overview
“In this lesson, I am going to go through different techniques that you can use to create different patterns and finishes to bring your piece of furniture to life. Experimenting with different techniques is really where you can find your own unique style. Here we will get really creative.”
In this video lesson Joanne Condon addresses the topic: Experimenting Techniques, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Furniture Upcycling for Beginners. Breathe new life into old furniture and design unique pieces that reflect your personal style using innovative upcycling techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Experimenting Techniques In this lesson, I'm going to go through some different experiment and techniques that I use in my work. The first one is gold leaf, a traditional technique that's been around for thousands of years. It's nice on the edges of pieces of furniture and can really add a luxury feel. I'm going to use the gold leaf in a more modern technique, and we're going to do a gold leaf in the shape of a lemon. I am going to make a little template with a piece of paper, and I'll draw the lemon on this with a pencil, and I'll cut it out with a craft knife. I am going to draw an oval s...”
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Course summary for: Creative Furniture Upcycling for Beginners
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Decorative Painting, DIY, Furniture Design & Making, Furniture Restoration & Upcycling, Interior Design, Upcycling, Woodworking
Joanne Condon
A course by Joanne Condon
Joanne Condon is an award-winning furniture artist and upcycler. Her passion for creativity began at a very young age. She attended art classes on the weekends and even painted Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night on her bedroom ceiling in her early teens. She went on to hone her craft by studying and teaching art for several years. Later, Joanne discovered her love for upcycling in particular after buying a house and struggling to find the unique and colorful furniture she wanted to fill it with. Her vibrant upcycled pieces soon attracted attention and enabled her to set up a furniture business of her own in 2011.
Joanne teaches the upcycling techniques she has learned both in-person and online at classes around Ireland. She was the upcycling expert for RTE’s Today Show for a number of years and has won several awards including Best Workshop and Best DIY and Upcycling Account. Joanne has also published her own book, Furniture Crush, in which she shares her expertise in paper form.
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