Upholstery artist Jenny Ellis of The Artful Chair is offering in-person upholstery classes starting in January in her studio at Marshall High Studios overlooking the French Broad River.
Participants will transform a chair of their choice into a work of art under the guidance of Ellis whose custom upholstery work through her business The Artful Chair transforms pieces into artfully reimagined creations. Attendees do not need prior experience and each class is limited to just four students so that Ellis can give close personal attention to each participant.
“The joy of creating with your own hands is what I love to see on their faces,” Ellis says of her students. “I love teaching the whole process and the ‘hows and whys’ of upholstery. It has become a lost art of sorts with all the foreign furniture imports that are not made well. With these new skills, one can save a chair from the landfill and customize it for one’s own decor. The older chairs have so much more character and are so much more well-built.”
Classes are eight weeks long and begin Wednesday, January 7, with both morning and afternoon sessions available at her studio at 115 Blannahassett Island Road, in Marshall. Ellis will offer additional Thursday sessions and a focused Friday mini-term for those who want a deeper dive or who need a more flexible schedule…