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The London School of Decorative Paintwork
Antique China, Ceramic and Porcelain
Restoration Courses
Five Days Intensive Course
This five days intensive course offers an introduction to the art of porcelain
restoration through practical demonstration on students' own pieces. The course runs from
Mondays to Fridays Morning Afternoon It is outlined as follows: a b c d e a b c 3 a b 4 a
b c d e
This fascinating course runs each day from 9.30 am to 1.00 pm
Lunch 1.00 pm - 2.00 pm
2.00 pm to 5.30 pm
PREPARATION OF CHINA Examination of objects prior to restoration
Cleaning Unsticking of previously repaired pieces Stain and dirt removing Removal of
rivets
STICKING Simple and multiple breaks Very small breaks like
handles, knobs or fingers Hairline cracks
FILLING AND SANDING DOWN Chips Cracks
BASICS OF MODELLING, MOULDING AND CASTING
PAINTING Mixing paint and colour matching Use and care of an
airbrush Handpainting Surface finishes Gilding
F or those who already have some experience in China restoration
or are thinking of taking it up as a career this programme can be altered to suit their
individual needs. Emphasis can be placed on particular aspects of China restoration and on
more complex use of different adhesives, fillers and paints. Tools and materials will be
provided.
Students should bring:
Their own pieces of china. Preferably pieces that have been previously stuck, pieces
with one or multiple clean breaks, pieces with rivets in them and a piece with chips in
it.
An apron and rubber gloves.
At the end of the course students will get a list of basic tools and materials, a list
of suppliers and a reading list so that they will be able to practice on their own.
For those who wish, the tutor can offer private tuition and advanced courses.
Please e-mail for futher details on any courses sales@lsdp.co.uk
Academy of Antiques & Fine Arts
1998 programme (Contact organiser for 1999 programme): Introductory courses 12-17 May
Palace Hotel, Buxton, Derbyshire and 17-24 July Clare College, Cambridge. Specialist
courses 17-20 September Merton College, Oxford and 29 October-1 November Bath University.
Topics include pottery, porcelain, silver, jewellery, paintings, glass, furniture, maps
and prints, metalwork, architecture, barometers, antique firearms, Chinese ceramics and
textiles. Residential courses £390.75-£751.63 depending on duration. Day only from £65
depending on venue.
Contact:
Pat Johnson
Address: PO Box 18. Lydney, Gloucestershire GL15 4YJ
Tel: 01594 564001
Fax: 01594 564001
Antique China Restoration
Two week basic course (£500) provides knowledge of all techniques involved to museum
standard and invisible restoration for commercial purposes. One week workshops (£250) for
experienced students seeking supervised restoration of problem items.
Contact:
Katherine Bewes
Address: Southampton
Tel: 01703 455056
Antique Educational Promotions
Four day courses featuring celebrity guest speakers £349-£369. One day courses around
the UK £75.
Contact:
Averil Cosh
Address: Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire
Tel: 01526 354347
Ashmolean Museum
Gallery talks almost every Tuesday and Friday at 1.15 pm (45mins). Normally for 12
people. £1.50 per talk.
Address: Beaumont Street Oxford OX1 2PH
Tel: 01865 278015
Bruce Luckhurst
One year course: The Conservation and Restoration of Antique Furniture. Venue: Ashford,
Kent. Price: £6950 (1998-99) Short courses: Caring for Antique Furniture (4 days);
Traditional Hand Finishing (2 parts, 5 days each); Repairing Furniture (5 days); plus
general courses on cabinet making and woodwork. Venues: UK (mainly West Dean College, W.
Sussex), Eire and Sweden. Prices on application.
Tel: 01233 820589
Christie's Education
No details available.
Tel: 0171 581 3933
Courtauld Institute of Art
Variety of courses. More details to come.
Address: The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN
Tel: 0171 872 0220
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A-Z index of course names
Geoffrey Godden Antiques Weekend
Annual event in early May at The Abbey Hotel, Great Malvern, Worcestershire. Speakers such
as Henry Sandon, Terry Lockett and Jonathan Grey, as well as Geoffrey Godden
Contact:
Jonathan Godden
Tel: 01934 832988
Keele University (with Northern Ceramic Society)
'Six centuries of Stoneware', a week of seminars and visits studying stoneware from
origins in China and Renaissance Germany to studio potters and manufacturers of present
century. 14-21 August 1999 (Residential £340; non-residential £253). Fee includes
breakfast (residential only) buffet lunch and dinner, plus tuition, coach visits and
entrance fees.
Address: Heather Mason, Centre for Continuing and Professional Education, Keele
University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG
Tel: 01782 583436
Fax: 01782 583436
Email: ada08@cpe.keele.ac.uk
Missenden Abbey
1998 programme (Contact organiser for 1999 programme): Weekend courses on Pottery &
Porcelain Restoration (6-7 June) and Antique Furniture Restoration (4-5 July). Residential
(all meals and tuition) £159.20. Tuition only £69.20.
Contact:
Jean McNaughton
Address: Great Missenden, Bucks
Tel: 01494 890296
Mowbray School of Porcelain Restoration
Week one (Basic china mending) £235; week two (Intermediate course) £245; week three
(advanced course) £255. Some weekend courses also available.
Address: Hatfield, Herts
Tel: 01707 270158
National Association of Decorative & Fine Arts Societies,
NADFAS
Run one day study courses open to general public. Topics for 1999 include: Imperial
Porcelain of the Tsars (25 Feb); Qing Porcelain (22 April); Textile conservation (13
September); The Glories of English Watercolours ( two day course - 23 and 30 September);
Prints and Printmakers (25 September). Mostly in London. Price: £20-£30.
Address: NADFAS House 8 Guilford Street London WC1N 1DT
Tel: 0171 430 0730
Fax: 0171 430 0730
Nightingales Ceramic Conservation Centre
Intensive four week course (two weeks summer, two weeks autumn) for a maximum of four
seriously committed students £1,040.
Contact:
Joy Harper
Address: Woodbridge, Suffolk
Tel: 01394 385609
Oxford Porcelain Restoration Studio
Intensive introductory weekend course on china restoration for the absolute beginner.
Each course limited to a small number of students. Conducted by professional restorers and
tutors. More advanced one or two week courses also available.
Contact:
Michaela Coppock
Tel: 01865 376046
Email: coppock.spot@virginnet.co.uk
Paragon Restoration
Weekend (£140), three day (£190) and five day (£320) courses on staining, French
polishing and furniture refinishing by hand. Cost includes tuition, all materials and
daily lunch and refreshments.
Contact:
Jonathan White
Tel: 01799 542124
Fax: 01799542122
Email: paragon@ndirect.co.uk
Regent Academy of Fine Arts
Home study course, Understanding Antiques, written by top Sotheby's experts including
David Battie. Covers all popular areas from ceramics and silver to furniture, clocks and
metalwork. Enrolment £185 (includes books, video and newsletter). Day classes around UK.
Address: Regent Street, London W1R 8PX
Tel: 0171 287 8707
Roger Hawkins Restorations
Three week course on ceramics restoration £350 . Two day or weekend course £180. Fees
include tea/coffee and all materials.
Address: Top Hat Antiques centre, Nottingham
Tel: 0115 950 7589
Rycotewood College
Evening, daytime and weekend classes (£35-£85) in areas such as Furniture
Restoration, Re-seating with Cane and Rush, Gilding, Upholstery, Marquetry, Understanding
Antique Furniture, Frame Restoration, Caring for Antique Books and Maps. Full time
Government funded BTEC courses in Furniture Restoration. PDCs in Furniture Restoration.
HND in Furniture Restoration and Conservation.
Address: Priest End, Thame, Oxfordshire OX9 2AF
Tel: 01844 212501
Fax: 01844 212501
Sotheby's Institute
Evening studies: 10 week courses (£395); 1998 subjects include Continental and English
Furniture, Oriental Ceramics, Silver Studies, 19th and 20th Century Pottery &
Porcelain, Design 1860-1960, Drawings & Prints, Victorian Painting. Undergraduate: BA
(Hons) in Fine and Decorative Art. Validated by University of Manchester. Three years.
Individual course modules lead to: Diploma (4 modules); Certificate (3 modules).
Postgraduate: range of MA and Diploma courses. Full-time Extramural: Understanding
Jewellery. 4 weeks (£1.980).
Address: 30 Oxford Street, London W1N 9FL
Tel: 0171 462 3232
Fax: 0171 462 3232
Southampton Institute of Higher Education
MA and BA in Fine Art Valuation. Three year full time courses.
Address: Built Environment Division, Southampton Institute of Higher Education,
East Park Terrace, Southampton SO9 4WW
Tel: 01703 229381
Fax: 01703 229381
Web site: www.solent.ac.uk/bed/index.html
Suzy Smith
Five day course in restoration of porcelain and ceramics. £350 for individual tuition
or £250 each for two. One day or weekend courses can be arranged £70 per day.
Address: Brighton, West Sussex
Tel: 01273 675485
The New Study Centre
(Formerly the Study Centre for the History of the Fine and Decorative Arts. Provides
opportunities for the study of art history covering all levels of interest and
experience.) Decorative Arts Course: 18 weeks on development in Europe of domestic
architecture, interiors, furniture (mainly English and French), pottery, porcelain,
silver, glass and textiles from 16th century to present. Slide lectures and visits to
museums and galleries Tuesdays and Wednesdays 10.00-13.00. Course divided into 4 parts;
each part may be taken separately. Whole course £1,200; parts £280-350.
Contact:
Mrs Jill Fitzgerald
Administrator
Address: 21 Palace Gardens Terrace, London W8 4SA
Tel: 0181 229 3393
Fax: 0181 229 3393
Upholstery Workshop
Offers one week short courses and six week diploma courses in Wales, Wiltshire and
Shropshire. £335 per person per week (includes tuition, six nights' bed and breakfast,
dinner on first night and lunch daily).
Address: Ceredigion Wales
Tel: 01239 711265
Victoria and Albert Museum
Variety of courses. More details coming soon.
Address: Victoria and Albert Museum Education Department, The Box Office,
Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL
Tel: 0171 938 8638
West Dean College
Short courses, 2-7 days, residential (£150-£483) and non-residential (£97-£313) on
care and repair of antiques, and on useful restoration skills such as cane and rush
seating, bookbinding, silversmithing, cabinet making. One and two year diploma courses
including Ceramics and Related Materials, Antique Clocks, Antique Furniture, Fine
Metalwork, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Early Stringed Instruments and Tapestry Weaving.
£6,960 a year.
Address: West Dean Chichester West Sussex PO18 0QZ
Tel: 0243 811301
Fax: 0243 811301
The South African Academy of Ceramics Conservation
The South African Academy of Ceramics Conservation is bringing its Module 3 course,
"Bridging to Specialized Materials" to Philadelphia, PA during June 2000.
This largely practical bridging course will introduce and train its participants
in the use and application of contemporary and specialized restoration & conservation
products, as employed at the world's leading conservation institutes, as well as at
prominent
commercial studios. (At least some prior experience of ceramics /
porcelain restoration is considered essential for successful participation)
Fashion Institute of Technology
contact Administrative Secretary, Gladys Maldonado at 212-217-7823
RS341 RESTORATION:CERAMICS AND RELATED MATERIALS I
Discusses the practical definition of ceramic restoration, along with
the various materials, equipment, and safety precautions required.
Defines the unique characteristics of ceramics, glass, semi-precious
stones, ivory, and mother-of-pearl, along with the particular techniques
involved in the restoration of these materials when associated with
ceramics.
RS342 RESTORATION:CERAMICS AND RELATED MATERIALS II
Continuation of RS341. Guides students through the 20 steps in the
restoration of ceramics and related materials such as glass,
semi-precious stones, ivory, and mother-of-pearl. Students are
responsible for restoring several objects under close supervision.
PORCELAIN RESTORATION WORKSHOP
1011 Harlem Ave.
Glenview, IL 60025
China mending and restoration course; instructor on the campus of Lawrence University,
Appleton, WI; AIC member
HACKMANN RESTORATION SERVICES
2550 Kodiak Dr
EAST LANSING, MI. 48823
517-351-2011
SHIRLEY VICKER'S SHOOL OF CHINA REPAIR
P.O. Box 688
Pine, AZ 85544-0688
Course lasts 7 days for those wishing to go into the repair business; also suited for
collectors and dealers.
GLORIA HAMLIN
HAMLIN'S PORCELAIN RESTORATION STUDIO
14630 MANCHESTER ROAD
BALLWIN, MO 63011
(636) 256-8579
hamlinsrestoration@msn.com
Intensive 6-day class on porcelain restoration for the serious beginner.
No invasive or irreversible techniques taught. Instructor is member of AIC
and is a authorized Lladro restorationist.
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