Preservation of Gravestones and Cemetery Monuments I
May 31 - June 2, 2016 |
Preservation of Gravestones and Cemetery Monuments I: Basic
Instructor: Jon Appell
Date: May 31-June 2, 2016
Early-Bird Registration Fee: $900 (Before May 2, 2016)
Includes on-campus lodging
Regular Registration: $950 (After May 2, 2016)
Includes on-campus lodging
The primary goal of this workshop is to educate the attendees regarding all of the various aspects of gravestone, monument, and historic masonry preservation. The majority of the workshop will be conducted at a local historical cemetery. Classroom instruction will complement the hands-on training. The workshop will begin with a walk and talk tour, using the cemetery as an open -air museum to illustrate; basic geology, common preservation problems, previously failed repairs, and assorted other related issues. Gravestones and monuments will then be selected to be repaired, cleaned or preserved in some manner, which represent most of the commonly encountered preservation problems found in historic graveyards. The following list of preservation treatments will be performed during the during of the workshop, as well as other assorted procedures: the re-setting of a tablet-stone, the repair of a broken gravestone, the re-construction of fallen and/or badly leaning multiple piece cemetery monument, the use of historic pointing mortars and composite patching material , the process and potential need for consolidation of weak and decayed stone, the issues and problems associated with sealing stone. An in-depth demonstration on stone cleaning will be conducted, and performed by the participants. The philosophy of cleaning will be discussed, and safe cleaning techniques will be demonstrated on gravestones which will benefit from the cleaning
treatments.
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Website:
www.campbellcenter.org/#!preservation-of-gravestones-i-/c1cf4 |
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| Location Information |
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The Campbell Center for Historic Preservation |
203 E. Seminary Street
Mount Carroll, IL 61053 |
| Website:
www.campbellcenter.org/ |
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| Contact Information |
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Sarah Connors |
| Email:
connors@campbellcenter.org |
| Phone:
815-244-1173 or 860-558-2785 |
| Fax:
815-244-1619 |
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