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

Date: September 9-11, 2010

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

For information call (435) 283-7572 or fax (435) 283-6913 or Register Online at http://www.snow.edu/tbsi/GRAVE/signup.html