Knowledgebase

Our Knowledgebase section contains a vast resource for the furniture restoration professional, or anyone who has a general interest in furniture. Amongst the BAFRA Members there is a wealth of knowledge and experience, and the knowledgebase is our attempt to begin to document this.

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Upcoming Events

8 Jun 2013: Colouring and Cosmetics for Restorers

Held at London - Titian Studios, 65 Jeddo Road, London W12 9ED.

2013 Training Day No. 2

More detail about this event will be published on this site in due course

14 Sep 2013: Longcase Clocks

Held at Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Merry Lane, Sansaw Heath.

2013 Training Day No. 3

More detail will be published on this site in due course.

News & Articles

10 Mar 2013: A Message of Appreciation

I would love to publish my thanks on the net somewhere .

Grace Wyatt

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14 Feb 2013: West Dean Furniture and Clock Conservation Courses

As BAFRA Members and Friends will know from receipt of an amended inside front cover page of the latest Journal, Issue No. 41, a very serious mistake was made on the Chairman's page reporting that the West Dean College Furniture and Clocks courses are closing after 40 years. BAFRA apologises very sincerely for what has since transpired as a totally untrue statement.

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28 Dec 2012: Veneering and Marquetry

The latest in BAFRA's popular series of Training Days was held at the workshops of gilder and BAFRA member Rod Titian and lead by BAFRA Chairman Bruce Luckhurst with some assistance from Mike Goater who wrote this report and took the photos.

It was an intense day, but from departing remarks a valuable and much enjoyed one.

“This was the final Training Day for 2012 and new ones are being planned for 2013.

We would be most grateful for any suggestions from BAFRA Members and Members of the Public on topics they would like to see covered, both repeat subjects and new ones. Any suggestions should please be passed to Bruce woodwise1@live.co.uk or to BAFRA Head Office headoffice@bafra.org.uk . New Training Days will be emailed to all members and those who have attended any of the 2012 training events.”

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