Creative Furniture Upcycling for Beginners
Final Touches 2
A course by Joanne Condon , Furniture Artist and Upcycler
About the video: Final Touches 2
Overview
“In this second part of the lesson, I'll apply gold wax to the hinges and more details to the piece. Remember to have a wet cloth at hand in case you make a mistake or don't like the result. Finally, I'll add the new handles and the rest of the metallic pieces and use an artist brush to retouch some areas as needed.”
In this video lesson Joanne Condon addresses the topic: Final Touches 2, 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
“In the original design, the paint was brown paint underneath the glass. So we carefully scraped that off and I'm going to add the blue color to keep it the same as the color I have inside. This paint, it's water-based paint, but it's going to be underneath the glass so it won't be touched and it won't scrape off. I'm going to use a roller so I can get a nice even coat and cover more surface. Okay, so let's get started. So now that we've painted the glass, I'm going to leave it dry. I don't think this color needs a second coat, but it may need a second coat, but we can evaluate that after th...”
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Course summary for: Creative Furniture Upcycling for Beginners
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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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