36 Hour Classes
INSTRUCTOR: Peter Kendall, Fellow
COURSE: Interior Room Construction
PROJECT: Early Colonial Pennsylvania Great Hall
(This class is full)
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The class project is an adaptation of the Great Hall from the Bartholomew Coppock House, built circa 1706 in what is now Delaware County, eastern Pennsylvania. A Great Hall was the largest and most important room in a 17th or early 18th Century house. The room has been recreated in a private home in suburban Philadelphia and has been featured in books and The Magazine Antiques.
The class will make two walls of the room. One wall contains the fireplace and beveled paneling. The second wall contains the front door, several steps leading up into the room from the door, an interior door to other rooms in the house, and vertical boards. The interior space will be approximately 17" wide X 16" deep X 9" high. Because of the steps, the height of the structure will be 12 ½". Plexiglass will cover the other two walls.
The most prominent feature of the room is the fireplace, of the William and Mary style. The fireplace is characterized by a multitude of bolection moldings (concave and convex pieces). Students will learn how to combine them to form the elaborate decoration around the fireplace and will also construct the firebox and mantle. The balance of the wall is beveled paneling, which students will make by routing the rails, stiles and beveled panels.
Students will also make the aged floor, the two doors, and most of the moldings and architectural elements. Some of these items will be supplied. LED lighting will illuminate the room. The class will be exclusively devoted to the interior of the room. It is designed to be in a corner, so students can paint or otherwise finish the exterior as suits their needs.
TIME:
36 hours. While completion is unlikely, students will go home with all the techniques and materials to finish the interior on their own.
POWER TOOLS:
table saw, shaper
SKILL LEVEL:
Intermediate and advanced
MATERIALS FEE:
$295