‘Beginner Chair Upholstery Workshop’

Make new friends and take home upholstery skills that will last a lifetime – sign up for this fun and challenging weekend workshop! Sep 24, 2017, 5:30-7:30 pm (prep class) & Sep 30-Oct 1, 2017, 9:30-5:30 both days. Workshops in Livingston, Montana – single person $285 or bring one friend for $259 each, or bring two friends for $229 each.

This workshop is currently offered twice/year, in September and February. Additional workshop times may be available by request. We’ll bring this class to your local Maker space, or get three friends together and Contact Carla to arrange a date!

Learn creative ways to repurpose instead of throwing stuff away!

Go Wild! Chair Workshop This is an easy class to set up at your local Maker Space. Go wild and explore your creative muse! Energize your work with an infusion of creativity – brainstorming & idea-sharing with others in the class. Students have commented on the powerful feeling of being swept up in the collaborative energy of the workspace!

Got a group of friends who want to do a class around a theme, celebration, or just want to CREATE some wild chairs together? Contact Carla to schedule a custom class tailored to your group’s theme! Workshops in Livingston, Montana or at your location (additional travel charge will apply).

a simple chair + your creative vision = a unique maker’s story

What’s your Uphol-story? Whether your particular chair means the world to you or you’re just looking for a way to not throw it away here’s your chance to give that piece of your life a new story.

Share your story:

Choose a specific project and answer these two questions, and be sure to include ‘my uphol-story’ in the subject line:

1. What makes your chair special to you?
2. How do you think your story can inspire others to join the upholstery maker movement?

Share in the comments below, and you may be chosen to have your project featured in an upcoming video.

We love participating in projects that benefit our thriving art community here in Livingston, Montana, and we’re always excited to meet new people, and create something together for everyone to enjoy! We organized the Funky 50s Sofa project to benefit The Shane Center for the Arts. Fifteen volunteers participated in our series of free workshops over the course of several months – a collaborative effort that everyone can be proud of.

Got a project you’d like us to consider? Let us know in the comments below!

Our Mission is to share the knowledge and skills you need to complete your own upholstery project. We believe that transformation of the current wasteful practices in the furniture industry begins with empowering people at the local level. And yes. We know that acquiring the tools and skills to do this may not be an easy step for many of you who are ‘making’ at home.

We want to see upholstery become a core offering in maker spaces around the country and the world. Here in Livingston, Montana we’re located far from a large population center, and have no established maker spaces nearby that can accommodate regularly scheduled upholstery workshops. For now, our local workshops and community events are the stand-in for a maker space. Carla continues to travel to learn more about what’s happening in other parts of the world. She recently traveled to NIMBY in Oakland, CA to conduct an informal workshop.

We’re excited to be building a comprehensive online educational resource with this website. We hope that our videos & free downloads will help you learn upholstery and make healthy furniture on your own.

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