6.  MARKET HALL

Sue O'Rourke 

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

9 am - 5pm                                      $1160

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This workshop is available in both 1/24th and 1/12th scale and together we will create a model based on a restored example at the Weald and Downland Museum in England.  Market Halls were a feature of many larger towns in medieval England and were used for a variety of mercantile activities and for judicial and guild procedures in the upstairs hall.  The first floor of the structure is an open sided market and the second floor can either be decorated as a guild hall or a dwelling. The building also features a jail cell beneath stairs where the accused would be held until their case was heard upstairs.  The building is set in a beautifully landscaped scene featuring a pond on a village green. The opportunities for market stalls, pillories for criminals, ducking stools for witches abound.  The prototype is in half scale and is designed to flat pack which makes transport and home display more convenient, however as previously stated a 1/12th scale version is available if preferred. Please indicate on your booking form which scale you would prefer.  Some of the techniques you will be learning include how to create stone floors, brick infilled walls, working with xps foam sheet, landscaping, working with resin, how to apply realistic looking grass.

Base of the 1/2 scale version is 22" x 15".

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All supplies are provided by the instructor except

as indicated, however, students are welcome to

bring their own tools & supplies.