This challenging, 5-Day faux finishing workshop is designed for the experienced finisher who yearns for more unique and sophisticated finishes. Participants will learn the latest trends in the industry. Emphasis is based on multi layering which is essential to achieve the particular, refined, and truly old world look that clients and designers want today. With our unique method of training and years of experience in Europe and America, students elevate their portfolio to the exceptional level of custom finishes currently in demand. This is where you begin your transformation into a successful faux finisher! Ovilla, Fauxstone, Activator, Fortuny Fabric, Fresco, Color Reactive and Embedded Finishes, Plastertex, Sandstone, Sandstone Flake, and much, much more! Separate yourself from the rest! Suggested Prerequisite: Intro to Faux/ Teacher Discretion Instructor: Leslie Vigini $1595.00 Lunch, step by step instructional notebook, and all class materials included in fee
Monday - 5/12 -- Wednesday - 5/14 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Rs Series/ Designer Wall III This is the creme de la creme of Faux Effects products and Vigini Studios has a unique method of teaching them. We absolutely love the Rs Glaze and use it regularly on jobs. Learn Rs Activator, Rs Glaze, Rs Travertin'o, Rs Granite, Rs Plaster, Rs Stone, Rs Sandstone, and the bomb, Rs Sandstone Flake. There is not another wax like Rs Wax in any system out on the market today. Join the fun and kick it up a notch. You do not need to have taken Designer Walls I prior to this workshop. You need only to have basic experience. Let Vigini Studios take care of the rest. $900 includes all materials and lunch provided
The Business of Faux and Murals No matter what level you are in your faux and decorative career, just starting out or well established, Vigini Studios, Inc. can give you the tools to effectively and efficiently grow your business. Learn from our experiences of over 20 years combined in this industry. This small investment of time and money will pay for itself many times over. Take the plunge! Can you afford not to? Join us and learn our secrets Prerequisite: None Instructors: Nicola and Leslie Vigini Fee: $295.00 includes lunch
Wednesday - 5/21 -- Sunday - 5/25 Salon 2008 13 Annual International Conference of Decorative Painting, Chicago International Union of Painters and Allied Trades 1905 Sequoia Aurora, IL www.salonforever.com
Friday - 5/23 10:00 AM - 12:00 AM Free Update
This is one FREE Update Seminar you won't want to miss! We will be unveiling the newest products from Faux Effects International®, including:
Stucco Lux the New Metallic lime-based plaster
Previewed at Meeting of the Masters
The New rich Espresso, Cocoa, and Mocha Brown Lusterstone® colors
Receive a free issue of the Special Edition issue of Faux Effects World® Magazine
One-time special discounts on stencils, brushes, books, and classes
light snacks
Unveiling exciting new classes for 2008
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED AS SPACE IS LIMITED Please email leslie@viginistudios.com for reservation. Space is limited..
Stabiae, Pompeii, Herculaneum: The history of Roman Painting
The history of Roman painting is essentially a history of wall paintings on plaster. Join us for our 10th anniversary taking students to Italy, studying murals/frescos from Pompeii and Villa Ariana in Stabiae under the direction of host Nicola Vigini and guest instructor, Sean Crosby. Start planning early! If you have been aching to go with us, this is the year! We stay in quaint San Martino al Cimino, 45 min. north of Rome. $5600.00 Register before Nov. 22, 2007 and pay only $5000. Non-Refundable 1/2 deposit Includes materials, logding, exquisitie meals, 3 guided trips: Pompeii; Villa D'Este, Tivoli; Rome, Villa Farnesina, Domus Aurea, Trinita dei Monti, Palazzo Altemps. Airfare not included.
Wednesday - 6/11 -- Thursday - 6/12 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM OPEN STUDIO DAYS Lately we have been opening the studio to select customers who need to make samples, several at a time with all materials at hand. We thought we would ofer this to all students who have taken Designer Walls I. For a fee of $300 including lunch, you can make numerous samples, playing with new products, and asking advice. This will be a time for hands on creativity and not an instructed workshop. All supplies and lunch provided. Pre-requisite Designer Walls I $300.00
Monday - 6/16 -- Tuesday - 6/17 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Intro to Faux If you have not taken this workshop, you are missing the bread and butter finishes and basically all that sets the foundation for good finishing. Join Leslie Vigini in this must workshop for beginner to intermediate finishers and home owners. Learn about what happens before even deciding to paint. Textured vs flat; old wall vs. new; prime? flat or satin paint?; dry edge vs. wet edge; extenders?. Faux Effects Silver Line products combined with a knowledgeable instructor will simplify and beautify your finishes and take the mystery out of a successful finish. Learn single and multiglazing using Aquaglaze, Tissue Paper, Stain and Seal, Highlight and Metallic glazes, Stippling, Strie, Pewter, Raised Stenciling, Leather treatments, Block Stone, Saltillo Tile, Aquastone, In two days learn all the basic techniques that can be combined to complete an infinite array of finishes for your home or clients. Techniques that we use daily in our contracting business, Vigini Paint and Decorating. Prerequisite: None Instructor Leslie Vigini Cost: $595.00 includes lunch, a complete step by step notebook and all materials Hours: 9-5:00pm
Wednesday - 6/18 -- Friday - 6/20 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Cabinetry Finishes To compliment our ever popular Distressed and Reifined Furniture Finishes workshops, we have added a NEW CABINETRY workshop where participants will complete 8 multi layered cabinet doors of varying surfaces as you would find in real life job situations. Tricks and tips of master furniture craftsmen as well as Grottesca, Lusterstone, Modello, Gilding, Schaibin, Metal Glow, Chip Off, Distressed, Antiqued finishes including topcoats will be revealed in this workshop. Students will practice these techniques on raised panel cabinet doors of varying surface materials as in real life job situations. THe HVLP spray system will be used extensively. $895 Includes notebook, lunch and all materials
This challenging, 5-Day faux finishing workshop is designed for the experienced finisher who yearns for more unique and sophisticated finishes. Participants will learn the latest trends in the industry. Emphasis is based on multi layering which is essential to achieve the particular, refined, and truly old world look that clients and designers want today. With our unique method of training and years of experience in Europe and America, students elevate their portfolio to the exceptional level of custom finishes currently in demand. This is where you begin your transformation into a successful faux finisher! Ovilla, Fauxstone, Activator, Fortuny Fabric, Fresco, Color Reactive and Embedded Finishes, Plastertex, Sandstone, Sandstone Flake, and much, much more! Separate yourself from the rest! Suggested Prerequisite: Intro to Faux/ Teacher Discretion Instructor: Leslie Vigini $1595.00 Lunch, step by step instructional notebook, and all class materials included in fee
Using cabinet fronts and moldings, all popular techniques including shabby chic, staining, aging, crackles; eggshell, textured, fine line, crackle mate;, textures, woodgrain, and chip off to name a few will demonstrated in this exciting workshop. Learn about mediums that can go right over previously painted oil based surfaces. Think of what you can do to your furniture, cabinetry, wainscoating, moldings!.... No topcoats needed. Instructor Leslie Vigini Suggested prerequisite: Intro to Faux/ Designer Walls 1, teacher discretion Fee $895.00 includes lunch, a complete step by step notebook, and all materials
If you have not taken this workshop, you are missing the bread and butter finishes and basically all that sets the foundation for good finishing. Join Leslie Vigini in this must workshop for beginner to intermediate finishers and home owners. Learn about what happens before even deciding to paint. Textured vs flat; old wall vs. new; prime? flat or satin paint?; dry edge vs. wet edge; extenders?. Faux Effects Silver Line products combined with a knowledgeable instructor will simplify and beautify your finishes and take the mystery out of a successful finish. Learn single and multiglazing using Aquaglaze, Tissue Paper, Stain and Seal, Highlight and Metallic glazes, Stippling, Strie, Pewter, Raised Stenciling, Leather treatments, Block Stone, Saltillo Tile, Aquastone, In two days learn all the basic techniques that can be combined to complete an infinite array of finishes for your home or clients. Techniques that we use daily in our contracting business, Vigini Paint and Decorating. Prerequisite: None Instructor Leslie Vigini Cost: $595.00 includes lunch, a complete step by step notebook and all materials Hours: 9-5:00pm
Friday - 8/1 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Lusterstone
Tired of difficult plaster applications? Come and learn our secrets of profitable plaster techniques. Your portfolio will explode with new colorful samples of this user-friendly material. Whether troweled revealing its' unique metallic glow, stenciled or crackled, Lusterstone is an ideal plaster that requires no burnishing. Instructor: Leslie Vigini Cost: $295.00 includes lunch, a complete step by step notebook, and all materials Hours: 10-4:00pm
Saturday - 8/2 -- Sunday - 8/3 9:00 AM - 5:00 AM Marble and Stone
Instructor: Nicola Vigini
Nicola will return from his contracting business, Vigini Paint and Decorating, to teach production marble techniques, techniques that he uses on real jobsites. Learn his trade secrets with over 30 years experience in creating realistic marble and stone. Advanced Marble, taught once a year, will include the more difficult task veining and strict composition. Inlaid panels of lapis, grainite, Canterra, travertine, alabaster, onyx and much more. Learn the proper use of specialized brushes and the difference between more complicated and overlaid northern European Marbles and more production method Southern European and American. This class is ONLY taught 2 a year, so if you want to join in, register early!
Cost: $595.00 includes lunch and all materials Hours: 9-5:00pm
The most fantastic and little known products of the Faux Effects line such as Flattening Agent and several other older mediums are used in this workshop to create simulations of old walls in Italy, France, Greece, and Turkey...... countries that inspire thoughts of old world patinas.Join us in for this 2 day workshop that celebrates color using lime wash, faux tiles, stones, stencils, troweled on, and sun dried and weathered effects, color washes and much more.Add spice and a mediterranean flair to your portfolio! Suggested prerequisite: Intro to Faux/Designer Wall Finishes I Instructor Leslie Vigini Cost: $500.00 includes lunch and all materials Hours: 9-5:00pm
Sunday - 9/7 -- Friday - 9/12 Decorative Arts Show Atlantic City, NJ
Monday - 9/22 -- Wednesday - 9/24 9:00 AM - 5:00 AM Rs Series; Designer Wall III NEW! 3 Day Class The Reactive Series of products created by Faux Effects launches you into the future of faux. This course takes you to an advanced level of textural finishes with the NEW RsSeries™ . Use the revolutionary RsGlaze™, RsGranite™, RsActivator™, RsPlaster™, RsStone™, RsTravertino™, and RsWater Wax™. Rs Crete a separate workshop. Appearing complex and very dimensional but simple when you learn how through Vigini Studios! $900 Lunch included Designer Walls I ™ suggested pre-requisite
Thursday - 9/25 10:00 AM - 4:00 AM Business of Faux The Business of Faux and Murals No matter what level you are in your faux and decorative career, just starting out or well established, Vigini Studios, Inc. can give you the tools to effectively and efficiently grow your business. Learn from our experiences of over 20 years combined in this industry. This small investment of time and money will pay for itself many times over. Take the plunge! Can you afford not to? Join us and learn our secrets Prerequisite: None Instructors: Nicola and Leslie Vigini Fee: $295.00 includes lunch
Friday - 9/26 10:00 AM - 4:00 AM Color Theory NEW! Most people have difficulty matching colors and coming up with unique color combinations. This workshop will give you the complete freedom that you need to master these required skills and understand the theory of color. Easy concepts taught in the workshop will forever change your outlook on color and its' use in interiors. $295 Lunch included
