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Gravestone Restoration
Participants in this workshop will learn many of the various aspects of gravestone and cemetery preservation. Participants are encouraged to bring photographs of historic masonry, sculptures, or gravestones that they have concerns or questions about.
For more information:
www.gravestonepreservation.info
View class schedule
Learning Experiences:
- Re-setting of a leaning/sunken tablet-stone
- Repair of broken gravestones by joining stone fragments with stone epoxy
- Re-construction of fallen and or badly leaning cemetery monuments
- Historical use and when to employ blind pinning
- Use of historic pointing mortars and composite patching material
- Compatible mortars with the historic substrate
- The process and need for consolidating weak and decayed stone
- Issues/problems associated with sealing stone
- The philosophy of cleaning and safe cleaning techniques
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Workshop participants will learn to repair tradition tombstones from Jonathan Appell, gravestone conservator and monumental mason. |
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