DATES:
January 29, 30, 31, 2010
HOURS:
Friday: 6pm - 9pm
Saturday: 10am - 5pm
Sunday: 11am - 4pm
LOCATION:
Valley Forge Convention Center
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
ADMISSION:
Friday Evening Opening Night Preview Party
$25.00 per person
Saturday & Sunday
$12.00 per person
Admission is valid for all show days. Children under 15 are free. Strollers and cameras are not permitted on the showroom floor.
DISCOUNT COUPON
Valid Saturday & Sunday only.
SPEAKERS
Wallpaper Scholar
America's Top Wallpapers!
(c. 1800)
Presenter: Robert M. Kelly, Historian
Saturday, January 30: 11:00am
Sunday, January 31: 2:30pm
Gregory D. Huber
Discover the Acutal Construction Date of Your Historic Home
Presenter: Gregory D. Huber, House & Barn Historian
Saturday, January 30: 2:00pm
The Workshops of David T. Smith
Restoring Leafie's Mountain Cottage
Presenter: David T. Smith
Sunday, January 31: 1:00pm
Louise H. Corderman
How to Make Your Historic House a Home
Presenter: Louise H. Corderman
Saturday, January 30: 3:00pm
The Workshops of David T. Smith
Historic Cabinets for Historic Homes
Presenter: David T. Smith
Saturday, January 30: 1:00pm
DEMONSTRATIONS
Don Carpentier
18th Century Ornamental Turning on Pottery
Demonstrating the process Josiah Wedgwood and Mathew Boulton created in 1768 to create intricate designs on leather hard clay bodies.
Peter Ross, Past Master Blacksmith, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
A demonstration of bench skills used in working iron.
Karin Sprague, Stone Carver
Demonstrating early stone carving techniques.
Lynn Taylor, Kingston Pottery
Demonstrating wheel-thrown technique leading to fine reproductions of 17th and 18th century ceramics.
Sid Luck, Fifth Generation Potter
Demonstrating wheel techniques leading to traditional wood-fired, salt-glazed, functional pottery.
Amos Glick, Compass Ironworks
Demonstrating custom ironwork interior and exterior.
Special Workshop & Demonstration
Country Living's Decorative Finishes & Caromal Colours
Presenter: Carol Kemery
The Old House Doctor
Snug & Sound: The Restoration & Weatherization of Windows, Frames & Sashes
Presenter: Duffy Hoffman, Preservation Consultant