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a little bit more...

Posted by Bianca Le Cornu on Thursday, June 7, 2012, In : Randoms 
my plan for this blog is  to post at least one blog per day... unfortunately today was an extremely busy day...
well i cant something as trivial as being busy get in the way of my plans. so without further ado here is my late night entry for today:

most of the time when it comes to successfully dealing with any antique or collectable the key is research, research, research. however lately i have decided that glass is an area in the industry that none of us have delved into, let me start by stat...
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a very good place to start...

Posted by Bianca Le Cornu on Wednesday, June 6, 2012, In : Randoms 
I guess this is as good a place as any to begin our interesting adventure.

My name is Damien i am part of this wonderful family owned business. our shop started in 1996 at this stage i was 12 years old. The shop started on a whim and a prayer over the course of 1 weekend, we completely converted an old run down lawnmower workshop into an antique shop... this was done with some heavy cleaning a lick of paint and a substantial amount of stock that my mother had hidden away in storage rooms while...
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Porcelain Restoration Workshop | 16 June

Posted by Bianca Le Cornu on Monday, May 21, 2012, In : Workshops 
Memories Antiques is proud to welcome Gauteng's most well renowned porcelain restorer to hold a workshop at Memories Corner Country Shops on the 16th of June 2012.

Ms. Pam Prentice will be covering porcelain restoration in detail over the following modules throughout the day:

  • Short history of popular porcelain makers
  • Products
  • Tools
  • Chipped
  • Cracked
  • A few pieces to work with
  • Hands on experiment  
The workshop will cover everything you need to know in order to start restoring porcelain and will include t...

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