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Publications
The official journal of the Guild is the "Strippers and Stuffers Gazette" and below we reproduce some of the articles from the current issue. If you would like more information on obtaining or contributing to the Gazette, please contact the Editor, details for whom can be found on the Directory page..
Issue No. 32 - Spring 2008
A few extracts ...
Editorial
I must begin by thanking and heaping lots of praise on all our past editors who have somehow managed to put together and produce issues of the Gazette. I say this from the heart because now I know(!) what a time-consuming and sometimes frustrating job it can be. However, I've enjoyed putting this issue together and hope it will be with you before the news becomes too old and covered in cobwebs.
As an author of books I have been very fortunate to have my own editor in the past. I remember always having someone who I could throw stuff at and they would sort it all out and make something presentable and readable from it, but now the boot is on the other foot!
Our previous editor Eve (2006/7) gets two thankyous from me. I have use her 2007 issue as my 'how to do it' guide and also, on reading her Editor's Forward, she finishes by saying "to enable some younger more talented wordsmith to take the reins and guide the Gazette to better things". Thank you Eve ... made my day, that! I do hope that Eve will stay on as a member, not just a friend.
This issue is light-weight but I am using it as a 'dry run'. It will also help me to get to know my computer better.
The Guild is now in its 21st year and continues to grow and change. Our committee has been reshuffled and also has some new faces in new jobs. As ever, the Editor needs your help with sories, photos, useful technical bits, jokes(!), cartoons, etc, etc. I don't have e-mail so it means popping something in the post to me; thank you in anticipation.
David James
Our Guild One-Day Seminar and AGM - 6th October 2007
The Guild 20th Annivesary AGM was a great success and was enjoyed by everyone ... visitors, guests and members, including those who had taken an exam during the morning session. Five invited speakers gave their presentations on a wide range of subjects, all very relevant to the work being done by our membership in the field of traditional upholstery. [See also the News section on the Home page.]
New Entrants Training Scheme (NETS) at Hereford College - August 2007
The Nets Course in Traditional Upholstery continues to uphold and encourage a very high standard of craftsmanship, skill and knowledge of our craft. Originally based in Salisbury, the upholstery part of NETS is housed in workshops in the Livestock Market, in the centre of the city of Hereford.
Last August I was invited .....
David James
Guild Challenge Trophy
Our Challenge Trophy is awarded annually at the AGM and is well worth making the effort to enter. The prize to the winner is £100-worth of Osborne tools.
The 6th of Octber 2008 is the date now fixed .....
Books
Many of you will know that David James is a prolific author of upholstery-related books and I am pleased to list many of these below. The list includes a number of useful - and in many cases invaluable - standards, but there are also volumes which cover many of the more unusual subjects.
All the books below are available directly from the publishers or from www.amazon.co.uk. Prices are not quoted in the list as they vary tremendously from source to source and in particular from Amazon.
"Upholstery : A Beginner's Guide" (PB, 176 pp), published by Guild of Master Craftsmen Publications Ltd (Mar 2004), ISBN: 1 86108 276 2
"For the beginner inspired to renovate, update or restore an existing piece of upholstery, this practical new guide is the essential reference to everything the aspiring upholsterer needs to know"
"Upholstery : A Complete Course" (PB, 320 pp), published by Guild of Master Craftsmen Publications Ltd (Rev Ed Sep 1999), ISBN: 1 86108 118 9
"quot;A survey of upholstery techniques and materials, which describes everything from traditional handwork to industrial techniques, to provide a complete overview of the upholstery trade"
"Upholstery : Tips and Hints" (PB, 176 pp), published by Guild of Master Craftsmen Publications Ltd (Jul 2000), ISBN: 1 86108 168 5
"A practical companion for the practising beginner and student upholsterer, this book provides a collection of the author's accumulated ideas and knowledge on the subject"
"Upholstery : Techniques and Projects" (PB, 256 pp), published by Guild of Master Craftsmen Publications Ltd (Dec 1998), ISBN: 0 94681 941 6
"As a follow-up to "Upholstery: A Complete Course", this book on practical upholstery features 30 projects covering 300 years of upholstery, including an early 17th century folding stool, a four fold screen, a Georgian wing armchair, a William IV day bed, an Art Nouveau drawing room chair and a modern two-and-a-half-seater settee"
"Upholstery : Restoration" (PB, 144 pp), published by Guild of Master Craftsmen Publications Ltd (Dec 1998), ISBN: 1 86108 052 2
"With an emphasis on simplicity, this book contains nine step-by-step upholstery projects, described in detail and illustrated with colour photographs, showing how to restore the upholstery of popular period furniture".
Bruce Jack
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