Here is the itinerary for the day:
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10:00 -10:30 |
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Meet and Register
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10:45-11:15 |
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FauxEver Beautiful
Rock Kote,
Jean-Luc-Sable and Gary
Lords Finishes: Outside
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11:45-12:15 |
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Barb Skivington
Cabintry and Furniture
Finish Demo Outside
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11:45-12:15 |
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Donna Phelps
Signature Workshop Demo
Inside
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12:30-1:00 |
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Donna and Barb will repeat
Demo's
audience trade spaces
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1:00-1:30 |
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Break- A taste of Philly
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1:45-2:15 |
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Cutting Edge Demo
Jenna and Greg Inside
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1:45-2:15 |
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Brian and Randy- Classical
Arts Studio
Skies Demo Outside
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2:30-3:00 |
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Cutting Edge and Brian/Randy
will repeat demos
Audience trade spaces
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3:15-3:30 |
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FauxEver Beautiful
Rock Kote, Jean-Luc-Sable
and Gary Lords finishes -
Outside
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3:30-4:00 |
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Complete Registration |
| Parking Instructions:
Bensalem Boulevard and West Portside
turn left or right and park in both sides of development
or
Just past Portside Drive on Bensalem Boulevard
or
Other parking is available a mini van
Shuttle Available to Bensalem Boulevard and Flushing Road
Pull into Studio for further instructions
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WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE THE FOLLOWING
INSTRUCTORS FOR THE DAY:
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Donna
Phelps
from Sarasota joining us to
demonstrate her signature
workshop.
10:30 am -Demonstration
Begins |
Design Trends Workshops:
Glam Nouveau, Modern Safari, Contempo
Tropics
Each year Donna creates a new design
collection of faux and architectural
finishes that perfectly fit the market
trends! These collections have
become the cornerstone of her Signature
Class Series and include her favorite
"design and style" finishes. Some of her
past collections include The Cosmo
Collection, The Ornamental Collection,
and The World Tour Collection.
In the World Tour Collection, Donna
combined elegance and sophistication
with progressive design concepts which
became the cornerstone of that
collections designs. The collection
premiered at the 2007 Meeting of the
Masters to many excited compliments from
the attending faux finishers from around
the world.
This years collection actually
developed into three mini collections
of three distinct design trends: Glam
Nouveau, Modern Safari, and Contempo
Tropics!
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Barbara
Skivington
from North Carolina will be
demonstrating her cabinetry
workshop.
12:00 pm - Demonstration Begins
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Have you always wanted to learn how to
create truly professional finishes
suitable for both new and previously
finished cabinetry and even furniture
and elegant trim finishes that will
satisfy even the most discriminating
builders, designers, and clients? This
workshop will teach you creative and
profitable finishes designed to
transcend the typical stained or painted
finish. Working on actual sample cabinet
doors and drawer facings and with an
extraordinary group of finishing
products from Faux Effects, you will
learn how to build custom, hand-rendered
finishes with depth, beauty, and a
quality hand that will encourage the
viewer to reach out and touch!
Workshop topics and techniques include
**Multi-layered painted and wood-toned
finishes that are suitable over raw
wood, pre-existing finishes and painted
base coats
**Chipped and worn paint effects
**Elegant crackle finishes
**Aging and distressing methods
**Classic glazing techniques
**Working with different types of
colorants
**How and when to apply details such as
edging, toning, and other amplification
methods
**Proper choices for basecoat materials,
and much more!
Proper surface preparation and the use
of clear coat materials that are
essential for achieving a professional
finish will be emphasized, and the use
of the FX 2000 Decorator HVLP Spray
System from Faux Effects will be
covered.
Whether you are looking to create
beautiful cabinet finishes for your own
use or you are a professional decorative
finisher interested in expanding your
portfolio with an offering of fine
cabinet, furniture, and trim finishing
techniques, the right combination of
expert instruction and quality finishing
products from Faux Effects can help you
achieve the professional look you are
seeking.
These tough economic times are turning
our clients thoughts to "re-do" rather
that "re-place". This workshop will
position you to take advantage of this
fast growing trend in todays faux
finishing industry!
Panels will
be on display per workshop
Sky's
the Limit: Skies you can actually
paint and sell
Increase your portfolio and profits
while learning the techniques used
by the masters. Study with Randy and
Brian's, hands on instruction .
They have honed
their teaching techniques of 14 years experience to the new & exciting "Step
Formula"(tm) method. The class will be executed in a step-by-step process.
Beginning with the properties of clouds and their construction, the class will
move into developing intricate skies with subtle color changes and transitions.
A lecture will be given on the concept of correct cloud formation and design
used in various ceiling and wall environments, as well as producing detailed
studies for 'Selling in the Job'!
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Jean-Luc-Sable
from France will be displaying
his Trompe L'oeil panels and
marble workshop |
Voted Best Craftsman of France, Expert
in Versailles Court of Appeal, Jean-Luc
will host the 2010 Salon, The
International Society of Decorative
Painters, in Versailles.
Jean-Luc's studio is located in
Versailles. His studio produces a
sanctuary of fine art, upon request. His
renderings are a wide range of trompe
l'oeil and decorative painting pieces
for interiors. Jean-Luc also manages an
artistic team composed of a dozen
decorative painters and gilders of great
skill. His works are for clients who
wait for prestigious productions, with
the best technical quality and
exceptional beauty.
Panels will be on display per workshop.
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Gary Lord
from Prismatic Painting Studios
in Cincinnati, Ohio |
Gary Lord is
recognized as an
international artist,
teacher, author and
television personality. From
2002-2006 Gary's work has
won a total of seven
National 1st Place Awards
for Best Faux Finisher of
the Year by the Painting and
Decorating Contractors of
America and by the American
Painting Contractor. He also
was named to the top spot by
American Painting Contractor
for Who's Who in Decorative
Painting in America. Gary
has been teaching his award
winning finishes for over 20
years to thousands of
students nationally and
internationally. He believes
by operating his own
decorative painting
business, Gary Lord Wall
Options and Associates Inc.,
he can better share the real
"tricks of the trade" and
practical business knowledge
he has gained in over 32
years with the students in
each class. Gary is best
known for his classes to be
fun and energetic but taught
in a kind and sharing
manner.
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Panels will be on display per workshop.
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FauxEver Beautiful
will be revealing Rock-Kote
Counter top workshop.
4:00 pm Demonstration Begins
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Learn to create realistic countertop
finishes. When you've completed
this workshop you will have a
countertop portfolio to compete
against all counter tops on the
market and for fractions of the
cost! These samples look
realistically like stone when
completed. An absolute money maker
in this economy. A must see. An easy
sell! Attend this workshop and this
will jump start your business
overnight. New HS-Roke-Kote and WS-Roke-Kote
from Faux Effects, these products
are for use over floors, flat
surface concrete, ceramic tiles,
counter tops, table tops, vanity
tops, etc.
Our philosophy or our mission for the
studio is to keep an everlasting alure
for the Decorative Arts. In theses
current times for our trade we believe
there should still be an honor and
an everlasting" sense of pride" in what
we do. We are constantly looking for
ways to improve our trade & our art for
the walls. This year we are hosting a
few very talented people. We have
invited them to share their gifts with
us and you. This day is meant for us
not to forget what we do! Keep learning
and sharing your ideas. One idea could
fuel another person's drive for a very
long time.
Our studio is an avenue for
everyone involved in the
Decorative Arts as a place to
come and learn, be inspired and
network.
THIS WILL BE AN AMAZING DAY!
Watch for future E-mails on
other guest instructors who
will be attending that you
will not want to miss.
CALL THE STUDIO TODAY TO
REGISTER 215-244-4166
Sincerely,
Diane Corso and Jay
Elliott
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