OLIVER STEEL

Experience:
60 years experience
Taught adult education at various community colleges
He has worked in this importing industry for many years
Teaching focus is on – how to, and the history behind why to do it this way
Incorporates history and design in his classes
Is qualified to teach students about wood carving; painting and making the paint for restoration work.
Specialises in Queen Anne English pieces and Louie XIV French furniture

Qualifications:
French Polishing Certificate – 3 year course
Qualified auto spray painter
Licensed spray painter
Taught by his father and the old masters - and therefore has the old formulae for the polishing and painting techniques
French Polishing and Furniture Restoration has been a family business for Ollie, with his father being cedar wood furniture specialists.
Raw materials are no longer produced in Australia, so Ollie has become an importer for his trade use from America.