For a decade previous, Lynette co-owned and successfully ran a custom woodworking shop making furniture and architectural interiors in Freeport, Maine. Prior to 1985 she worked for three years at Thomas Moser Cabinetmakers, first as a furniture maker and then as shop manager for custom projects. Open to all women. Participants learn all aspects of the finishing process as practiced in the non-industrial furniture shop. By the end of the course, each participant knows how to fill grain, apply dyes, pigments, and chemical stains, and put on hand-rubbed varnish, shellac, and oil finishes.
Work is done on sample panels and turnings.
Through lecture and demonstration Teri explains everything from wood preparation to rubbing out. This includes selecting the proper abrasives, sanders, and fillers, layering of colorants, bleaching, glazing, brushing, French Polishing and, of course, techniques for rubbing the final finish to perfection. Currently she is a restoration specialist for Santa Fe Fine Finishing. Teri is a walking encyclopedia of finishing products and techniques, from the traditional to the cutting edge. Open to all.