that's right folks, once again the intrepid Berkshire Chapter of the National Guild of Professional Paperhangers is hosting the March Madness Paperhanging Workshop in West Springfield, Massachusetts.
this edition takes place all day on Saturday, March 31.
location: Elks Lodge, 429 Morgan Road, West Springfield, MA 01089
mark your calendar!
workshops will include: "Cornering the Market on Borders" by Bob Kelly and "Faster Faster Plaster" by Mike Germain.
the border workshop will show how to make scads of money and thereby become part of the 1%. this is surprisingly easy once you how how to miter borders effectively. customers essentially open their wallets and say "how much would you like?" the hard part is deciding which border designs should be continued around the corner, which should be mirror-imaged at 45 degrees, and which are important enough to start and balance at the corners. examples of several types will be included with plenty of time left over so I can be told that I did it wrong.
the faster faster plaster workshop will be a revelation to those who have never had the pleasure of completely obliterating cinderblock walls. Mike knows this stuff backwards and forwards and has the scar tissue on his hands and the grooves in his now-useless plastic sweeps to prove it. come and be entertained and educated, because in this economy, more and more building managers are looking for a way to get a totally new look and a new surface to boot...this stuff will do it!
