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This intoduction to gravestone conservation will include mock ups and demonstrations covering common gravestone conservation proceedures and treatments. Stone epoxy will be discussed, a few different types of epoxy will be mixed and applied to a mock up of a fractured gravestone. Gravestone cleaning will be explained, including the philosophy of what to clean and what not to clean, and why? Stone in-fill will be discussed and demonstrated on a mock up. Stone consolidation will be briefly explained and demontrated on a decayed piece of marble. A lifting tripod will be quickly raised and rigged, to demonstrate techniques empoyed in raising fallen gravestones and monuments. Questions and group interaction are strongly encouraged during the entire workshop presentation.

Biography: Jonathan Appell is a gravestone conservator and monuments mason who works throughout the United States.  He hosts training seminars; gravestone and monument conservation workshops to help more people to become able to gain knowledge and experience in the field of gravestone and historic masonry preservation techniques.  Jonathan has been working in fields relating to gravestones and monuments for over 20 years.  Prior to entering the stone preservation field, Jonathan attend violin making school, made cabinets, built houses and additions, performed tiling, as well as many other related trades.  Through a chance meeting, he became involved with modern monument installation in 1986.  This then led him fully into the field of cemetery contracting where he performed excavation, foundations, monument installation and monument repair.  Jonathan began to become involved with preserving historic stones which needed different and special techniques.  This in turn led him to seek out extensive training through workshops, conferences, reading and all other related avenues of gaining knowledge and experience.  To complete the cycle, Jonathan now specializes in training others to conserve gravestones and monuments.

A lecture on Falmouth Heritage Renewal (FHR). FHR trains local youth how to restore historic buildings in Falmouth, Jamaica in order to preserve a significant colonial Georgian architectural landscape. FHR focuses on five interrelated objectives to preserve not only Falmouth’s historic district, but also the traditional community and matrix of cultural values and institutions that lend the town a strong and palpable sense of place. These objectives include training local youth in timber and masonry restoration techniques, preserving the built environment, providing improved housing, heightening community pride and awareness, and enhancing the town’s future economic development through heritage tourism. This systemic model is successful because each objective is the by-product of another. As we train local youth in various conservation trades from traditional timber framing to historic masonry restoration, houses are preserved, living conditions for low-income residents are improved, and job skills are provided for local youth. The result of this approach is a sustainable model of heritage and conservation planning that not only preserves buildings and communities in situ, but builds an economic foundation to ensure future prosperity.

Biography: I completed my undergraduate degree in European History from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2000. My third year was spent at the National University of Ireland in Galway, Ireland. I hold two masters degrees in Architectural History and Urban and Environmental Planning, both with an emphasis in Historic Preservation, from the University of Virginia. I joined Falmouth Heritage Renewal in September 2006 as Director of Development and Communications. I have given several lectures on the various aspects of FHR’s work in both the United States and United Kingdom, and have attended conservation training courses in timber and masonry restoration through the field school program in Falmouth, Jamaica and the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings in London. I was an adjunct faculty member at the University of Virginia in the Department of Urban and Environmental Planning in the fall of 2007. Most recently, I am working towards completing a Certificate in Nonprofit Management through the School of Continuing Studies at the University of Virginia.

Richard O. Byrne will present and discuss how restoration/conservation teams are structured in Sweden, Norway and Denmark as models for the US.

Biography: I have been working as an architectural and decorative arts conservator for over 40 years at diverse venues such as the Iolani Palace in Honolulu, as Chief of Architectural Conservation for Parks Canada and as a full time lecturer and writer for Heritage Canada. At the moment I am working constantly to increase my 4,000 volumn library and also as a consultant on the restoration of buildings. I keep a very well equiped craft shop where I restore various decorative objects and experiment on new methods and materials.

Embodied energy and sustainability have always been part of historic building practices.  Today's Green movement has stepped on and over historic preservation for too long, and now we are fighting mad.  This session will explore the methods of balancing sustainability, embodied energy and energy efficiency and knowing when and how to intervene in a building.  Learn building science concepts and techniques and how to conduct building diagnostics.  Using local resources, saving materials and a local labor can reduce your carbon footprint and contribute to your local economy.  Be a part of exposing the lies and misconceptions of replacement products and inappropriate historic building retrofits in the name of being green.  Like all open minded people, we will give Kermit a chance to defend himself.

Biography: Rob is new at all this stuff.  While he has been beating up on Kermit since childhood, he has only been in the restoration and preservation business for 18 years.  It all started in the classroom at Roger Williams University.  He realized that preservation was not just a theory, but it needed to be practiced.  After spending several years as an apprentice, he started a job at a non-profit teaching and running projects in historic preservation.  The years of great projects was coupled with frustration and an on-the-job second education in business management and accounting.  He then decided to make it a bit easier and start his own business. Well, 7 years later, Heritage Restoration is still around, the grey hairs have settled in and the next phase of education has begun: defending historic preservation as already being green.   Oh right, so all that left over time is spent as a new dad, sitting on the South Kingston Zoning Board, a building committee member of Preserve Rhode Island, and the most important job, Treasurer and BOD of PTN.

This demonstration will include Hewing, Layout, and Cutting using historically accurate tools, and modern production tools. We will start with round logs, orient them, hew them, use Square Rule layout techniques to layout the joinery, and cut/assemble a demonstration joint. We will break apart the session over multiple segments, and each will progress in a linear fashion. Check in with us before the first session to get an idea of what each session will contain.

The crew of Christian & Son, Inc. including Timothy Wilkinson and Nick Wiesenberg will describe and demonstrate processes for the layout and cutting of recycled materials in a Timber Framing context. Applications for these techniques include repair of existing timber frame structures, and re-use of historic materials in modern frames. Recycled materials present a particular challenge due to their often twisted and warped shape from natural drying. Carson Christian will be on hand to answer questions and entertain new concepts regarding the processes the crew is demonstrating, and he'll offer his brain for picking on the subject of add-on and infill repairs to existing timber frame components.
 
Biographies:
Carson Christian is VP of Christian & Son Inc, with over 10 years applied experience in Timber Framing, Timber Frame design, and Timber Frame restoration. Carson has taught Timber Frame layout and cutting techniques at Palomar College near San Diego CA, Timber Frame restoration techniques at Mount Lebanon Shaker Village in NY, and numerous other venues. There’s something new to be learned on each and every project, and Carson likes to be there to refine his trades knowledge whenever possible. 

Nick Wiesenberg, aka "head grunt", has been with Christian & Son for three years and is still just scratching the surface of Timber Framing culture. Historic Timber Frame repair and restoration are the most rewarding aspects of his building career. Nick enjoys an active work culture, outdoor activities including fishing, hiking, kayaking, and exploration. Nick has been a Wooster, Ohio area native for the duration of his living career.

Timothy Wilkinson is the foreman for Christian & Son, Inc. His eye for detail combines form with function in his work, while his mindset of continual apprenticeship keeps him always open to learning new, old, or simply better methods. His skills have been acquired through practical application, on-the-job training, and a long pursuit of old craft knowledge. Working in timber framing perfectly complements his small homestead life in mid-Ohio.

Seth Kelley and Michael Cuba of Knobb Hill Joinery will demonstrate scribing skills using plumb and level as it was done before the square rule.  They will construct bents for a small shed as well as hew out a five sided ridge and adze the rafters.  The braces and girts for the structure will be riven and finished with the adze.  The pegs will also be made from scratch.  The peg making will demonstrate use of the froe and mallet.  The ongoing session will include instruction and discussion in addition to the working demonstration.

Biography: Seth Kelley and Michael Cuba run Knobb Hill Joinery LLC in Central Vermont.  Knobb Hill Joinery specializes in the preservation and restoration of historic timbered structures.  They have focused their work on barns, steeples, meeting houses and covered bridges.  Seth and Michael have both begun to venture into design work.  From time to time they take a break from restoration work to erect new structures in the traditional styles of early New England Joinery.

A troublesome area to mend is where brick and stone meet window and door frames, eaves or any other juncture between wood and masonry including log chinking. Andy will demonstrate how to dissociate chemically bound water from sand and substitute it with common materials that allow a flexural compound to mind the gap so you don't have to.

Biography: Andrew deGruchy is the president of deGruchy Masonry Restoration, Inc. His company has performed masonry work on hundreds of historic buildings in Bucks and Lehigh Counties, Pennsylvania since its founding over twenty-three years ago. Mr. deGruchy received his training from the nation's oldest private trade school, The Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades in Media, Pennsylvania, founded in 1888. He received their "Key" award for the advancement of its founding ideals. He has helped to write the masonry restoration specifications for state and national landmark buildings. He has lectured and trained on the subject of historic masonry restoration and is active in promoting volunteerism to save historic structures. Andy also owns and operates "Lime Works.US" which imports Natural Hydraulic Lime, (NHL), from France and Germany. NHL has desirable characteristics which make it effective in the repair of historic masonry structures.

With mallet and chisels, I will demonstrate carving bas relief, forms and hand lettering with slate.

Biography: Kerry Furlani is a stone carver for various commissions in both the private and public sector.  One of her basic values is using materials within her immediate surroundings.  Since moving to Vermont in 2001, she has been working  with Vermont slate, known for its range of beautiful shades of greens, purples, reds and black.  Although the tendency of slate is to cleave when struck with a chisel, she has learned and refined the techniques of creating bas relief carvings.

This hands on session will cover: History and origins of venetian plaster; materials, available on the market (lime based versus acrylic plasters); choosing the right tools for every project; color mixing; traditional technics and the way to be creative.

Biography: Michael Glickman was born in 1953 in St. Petersburg, Russia, and graduated in 1985 from the Academy of Design in St. Petersburg, Russia.  From 1985-1989, he worked for the Architectural and Design company in St Petersburg.  From 1989-1994 he worked as an artist/decorator at Modeworks, in New York City.  He is presently the Art Director of Art Space NYC.

 Before simply diving into replacing deteriorated building or structural elements, assess the conditions, determine what is causing the deterioration and how deep it runs. In other words,  Don’t replace a cracked stone until you know what caused it to crack and repair that. Otherwise it will crack again! This discussion will focus on the methods, tools and the decision making  and design process incorporating a variety of teammates for restoring large and tall buildings in an urban environment. Ken Follett and David Follett will be assisting in the demonstration.

Biographies:
Eric Hammarberg, Director of Historic Preservation and a Vice President at Thornton Tomasetti, has been involved in preservation for twenty years. Eric holds bachelor degrees in both Architecture and Fine Arts/Design from Rhode Island School of Design and attended RESTORE, a nine-month masonry conservation course in New York. He is a founding board member of the Association for Preservation Technology Northeast Chapter and a member of the Maplewood Historic Preservation Commission, NJ. Eric has been surrounded by construction his entire life, the third generation of a family of contractors, and later running his own firm. He has worked many facets of construction, including masonry and carpentry, and became involved in preservation as these experiences, education and interests coalesced. Mr. Hammarberg has been involved with many prestigious projects such as the facade restoration of the Chrysler Building; the development of the Master Plan for General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church in New York’s Chelsea Historic District; and the capital and maintenance projects on the landmark structures of Prospect Park in Brooklyn. Among many projects, he is currently working on the restoration of the Williamsburgh Savings Bank and converting the former Lycee Francais, a pair of 19th century townhouses, to a 45,000 SF single family residence.

Ken Follett is an historic conservation specialist in Mastic Beach, New York with 30 years trade background specific to masonry, wood technology and exterior building envelopes with emphasis on the New York built environment.  Ken and his son David Follett are partners in the firm of PreCon LogStrat, LLC which specializes in assisting structural engineers, architects and conservators in pre-construction support services, logistics and strategy pertaining to in-field evaluation of heritage structures.  Ken is a founding member of PTN, former board member and first President.  He is currently the PTN liaison with the Association for Preservation Technology International, a member of the Timber Framers Guild, a member of the International Log Builders Association, a Board member of Preservation Volunteers and a member of the Stone Foundation.  Ken is the editor of the PTN Newsletter.

Learn about traditional paint composition and colors and become familiar with tools, paint removal techniques, personal safety concerns, lead safe work practices, and caulking options.  Understand why most paint fail and how to select the most appropriate materials and techniques for successful painting projects.

Biography: Duffy Hoffman is a third-generation craftsman with more than twenty years’ experience in the preservation trades. Hoffman Painting and Refinishing, Inc. specializes in paint removal, interior and exterior painting, plaster wall restoration, wallpaper installation, shutter, door, and window sash  restoration, as well as restoration carpentry, repairs, and millwork fabrication. Notable landmark projects include the Sheldon House and Tusculum in Princeton, N.J., the Locktown Friends’ Church (N.J.), and the Cornwall Iron Furnace (Pa.).  Duffy has been featured in numerous newspaper and magazine articles and twice on the HGTV program “Restore America.” He has demonstrated at every IPTW since IPTW 2000, and is a former member of the PTN Board of Directors.

This will be a hands- on demonstration of a type of wood roofing which mainly followed the pattern of early German settlement though Pennsylvania and south thruogh the Shenendoah Valley. The demonstration will teach the technique from log to roof. The work of recovering this trade practice continues the research of Robert C. Bucher, who began it in 1959. Is there a side lap tradition in New England and New York?

Biographies:
Jim Houston has been a Preservation Construction Specialist since 1995, and has worked full time in preservation and restoration for 18 years. His main interests are in preseving and recovering historic trade practices, and working with traditional tools and materials. Houston, with John N. Fugelso, has written an article on side lap shingles for publication in the APT Bulletin.

Dan Reigel will working with Jim as a PHMC Apprentice this summer. He graduates from Kutztown University in May, 2008 with a degree in Anthropology, and has expressed a stong desire to make a career preserving historic buildings using tradtional trade practices.

I will give a description of the preservation skills training program, with emphasis on practical preservation, that was established in 2002 in Kentucky.  This will include an overview of the different workshops and the hard won lessons from each one, things we vowed never to try again and those that were successful. This infromation should prove informative to those who wish to establish similar workshops in their area. last year I showed a rough video that was an "in progress" work and this year I will show the final cut titled "Practical Preservation : Round Log Buildings". It is a workshop led by  Moss Rudley. I will conclude with the highlights of this years 3 workshops all led by PTN members Moss Rudley, Gerard Lynch, Miles Miller and Andy Roeper

Biography: I have worked with historic buildings for 36 years - primarily with wood frame or log structures, window restoration and interior renovation.  I was introduced to preservation work while living in Northern Kentucky (Cincinnati area) and working on urban houses and commercial buildings as an apprentice/assistant to others in the field.  This led to work on log buildings in nearby rural Boone County, Kentucky.  I moved to Central Kentucky in the late 1970s and began to work both independently and in partnership with others.  Since 1997 I have worked for the Kentucky SHPO as Restoration Project Manager.  I assist projects statewide by providing technical expertise to contractors, project managers and owners.  Kentucky’s preservation skills training program was initiated at the Heritage Council.  My goal is to establish a full time self sustaining program progam in Kentucky that will serve as a model for other states.

From the Greek and Roman artisans, from the 19th Century woodcarvers, from our own fathers, we learn to shape the letters.

Biography: My dad, Tom Leeke, taught me woodcarving as I grew up in his shop during the 1950s. He learned from Keats Lorenz in the 1920s. When I inherited Keats' carving tools in the late 1960s it was with one stipulation: I promised not to let them lay around getting rusty and dusty. To this day, my dad, Keats and these tools are an inspiration to jump up in the morning and get out to the shop for an early start.

Until recently the world's built environment was constructed almost entirely from these three materials.  The parts most beautiful and appropriate to human habitation still are.  Craftsmen developed their relationship to these materials to high levels in remote antiquity, and we struggle to preserve these levels of skill and knowledge today.  From his perspective as a timber framer, Mr. Lewandoski will discuss timber framing's intimate interaction with stone and metal and the trades that work them. Examples from North America, Western Europe, Russia and China will illustrate how the different groups of these trades have built together in the past.

Biography: Jan Lewandoski is the owner of Restoration and Traditional Building, a company specializing in the restoration and reconstruction of historic timber frame structures, particularly bridges, churches, barns and public buildings. The company is based in Greensboro Bend, Vermont but has worked throughout New England as well as New York State, North Carolina and the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec.  The members of the company have extensive experience with heavy timber work, historic structural and layout systems, jacking and rigging and the reproduction of historic moldings and finish work.  Full time personnel vary from 4 to 7 framers, most of whom have been with the company for between 10 and 25 years.   Jan lectures widely and has published numerous articles in professional journals on the topic of historic building technology. He frequently presently serves as a consultant to the Preservation Trust of Vermont, the National Park Service, HAER, and ICOMOS, and has recently completed re-erecting the timber frame and woodwork of a late Qing Dynasty Chinese house for the Peabody Essex Museum in Massachusetts.    2006-7 projects include church steeple restorations in South Woodstock and Craftsbury, Vermont, and the fabrication and erection of heavy timber trusses for new church in Lyndonville, Vermont.  He and his crew are currently (2008) restoring the bell tower of the Grand Isle County Courthouse and the truss roof system of a large stone barn on Isle LaMotte.

A practical approach to epoxy applications for the restoration of damaged wood, developed over the past two decades.  Beginning with a discussion of why both new and old wood will decay.  Hear an explanation of how to analyze and prepare areas for long term restoration, including the use of borate preservatives.  Observe techniques for mixing and applying epoxies, while learning methods to prolong pot life.  See how flexible epoxies restore damaged wood with long lasting results.

Biography: Paul Marlowe established Marlowe Restorations LLC of Northford, CT in 1987 after previously training under two Master Carpenters.  He focuses on custom, long term repairs to structural and non-structural building fabric using a variety of materials and techniques.  Paul’s philosophy is to approach building health, as well as his personal health, holistically.  It is for this reason that he takes extreme care to maintain the air quality of the workplace through HEPA filtered dust control and other safe work practices.  Also since starting his business, Paul began using ConServ Epoxy, established in 1980.  This epoxy system provides lasting stabilization and repair to decayed and new wood.  He came to specialize in its use, which led to his ownership of the business in 2005.  Paul now manages ConServ Epoxy LLC, and through both his companies provides various restoration services.  These include consulting and training through which Paul can share his experience, knowledge and techniques.

This session addresses the role of, and issues facing, the trades in Barre, with a focus on the sculptors/carvers. The session will include three or four panelists, primarily sculptors. The format will be a moderated conversation. Time will be provided for attendee participation.  This IPTW comes 20 years after a project titled The Barre Granite Industry: A Monument to Architectural Artisanry.

Panelist Biographies: 
Philip Marshall has consulted and taught in the field of preservation for over twenty-five years. Since 1980, Philip has held faculty positions in preservation programs including the University of Vermont, Columbia University, and Roger Williams University, where he is a tenured professor. In 1988, Philip worked on a project, Barre Granite Industry: A Monument to Architectural Artisanry funded, in part, by the National Endowment for the Arts, State of Vermont, Laurance Rockefeller, and several members of the Barre granite industry.

Norm Akley, President
Trow & Holden Co.
45 South Main Street, Box 475
Barre, VT 05641
Phone: 802.476.7221
E-mail: norm@trowandholden.com
Website: http://trowandholden.com/ 

Since 1984, Norm Akley has been president of Trow & Holden Co., which has been manufacturing stone cutting tools for both the industrial and art markets since it was established in 1890. Its predecessor, Stafford & Holden Fork Works, was formed in 1861. Trow & Holden and the trades literally work hand-in-hand, with the highly skilled tradespeople and artists informing the company as it refines its designs, improves material and processes, and explores new applications. Since 1994, Norm has been a member of the board of trustees of the Vermont Granite Museum.

Ryan Mays
Mays Bronze & Stone
675 Elm St.
Montpelier, Vermont 05602
Phone: 802-223-1092
Website: http://www.bronzeandstone.com/  

Ryan Mays is a young sculptor working in central Vermont. His business, Mays Bronze and Stone, provides a broad range of services and types of sculpture. Ryan works primarily in granite and bronze, and specializes in representational and figurative sculpture.  He has worked for several years with Gary Sassi at Celestial Memorials in Barre, creating custom monuments for public and private clients, as well as operating a home studio with an emphasis on fine art for the home and garden. Ryan is particularly interested in architectural sculpture, and would love to see more of it coming into Barre.

Jerry Williams, Owner/Sculptor
Barre Sculpture Studios 
2 Sunset Avenue
Montpelier VT 05602
Phone: 802-479-0669
E-mail skulpture@comcast.net 
Website: http://www.barresculpture.com/ 

Sculptor Jerry T Williams established Barre Sculpture Studios in 1986 after a four year apprenticeship with F.C. Gaylord, sculptor of the Korean War Memorial in Washington D.C. In the last 25 years Williams has produced hundreds of sculptures in granite including many public and private commissions. Williams enlarges from his own working scale models to monumental sizes. His work ranges from high and low relief, full round monumental, architectural detail and ornament, portraiture and duplication of historic stone work, as well as his own original sculpture. In addition to his granite work; Williams has been instrumental in organizing many group exhibits of his fellow Barre sculptors work in a variety of venues. He also conducts workshops in all phases of granite sculpture at his Barre studio.

Bruce Midkiff – The Fabulous Traveling Limeburning Show
Preservation Construction Specialist, Pennsylvania  Historical and Museum Commission
270 16th Street 835 Beaver Road, Ambridge, Pennsylvania 15003
Phone: 724-266-4500 x200
E-mail: bmidkiff@state.pa.us

I plan to continue the tradition of building and using a different lime kiln each year.  This year I am building a portable kiln that can be used to field test local limestones on a small scale fairly quickly, to determine their suitability for use in mortars for historic preservation/restoration purposes.  It will be propane fueled and small enough to throw in the trunk of your car.

Biography: Bruce Midkiff has been playing with old tools and old trades since he was a kid, but he never got really serious about it until 1983. A move to western New York put him right in the heart of cobblestone country, and just stone’s throw from the Cobblestone Museum. He became a lime looney. He experimented with different mixes. He built little walls around the back yard. To help understand lime mortars, he built a limekiln in his back yard. In 1986 he left a good job he could be retiring from about now and jumped both feet (or maybe it was head first), into preservation masonry. Bruce has attended and demonstrated at conferences and workshops in England, Ireland, Scotland, and the United States. He has taught classes on historic masonry through the Cobblestone Museum and the University of Rochester. In 1991 he stood on the back of the Sphinx in Cairo, Egypt, as part of a team of panelists for the First International Symposium for the Preservation of the Great Sphinx. In the winter of 1993-94 he completed two years’ worth of credit work for Empire State College and earned a degree in historic preservation. Prior to June 1999 he restored the masonry on many structures from Michigan to Vermont. In 1999 he became a preservation construction specialist for the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, based out of Old Economy Village in Ambridge, PA.

Deborah will demonstrate the tools and techniques used in traditional woodcarving, hand-carving with gouges, chisels and mallet, by working on an architectural element in progress.  She will demonstrate  carving designs so that they reveal the design in various stages of completion, to show the steps one progresses through from beginning to end, from early sketches to carving the fine details.  She will also explain how to sharpen chisels using slip stones and oil, then leather strops with sharpening compound.  There will be portfolio available that documents a  museum  project creating a replica of a very elaborately carved medieval design, using the same ancient techniques that will be demonstrated.  Several finished relief carvings will be on display.  Deborah enjoys responding to viewers' questions and chatting with people about all aspects of wood carving.

Biography: Deborah Mills has been carving wood professionally since 1991. Whether designing an original piece or an historically accurate reproduction or adaptation, Deborah carves every commission by hand.  She works with architects, designers, custom home builders, cabinetmakers and individuals to create one-of-a-kind or limited series designs - from decorative relief panels, sculpture and furniture to architectural elements such as doors, doorways, mantelpieces, capitals, and other ornamental details.

Deborah will teach a 3-day carving workshop at historic Eastfield Village, NY from August 10-20, 2008. She has exhibited her work at the Traditional Building Show in Boston, MA; the Historic Home Show in Sturbridge, MA; The Casey Farm Preservation Trades Workshop in RI; the International Contemporary Furniture Fair, New York, NY; the Architectural Digest Home Design Show, New York, NY; the American Crafts Council Show, Baltimore, MD; the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum's Nordic Fest, Decorah, IA; and at craft galleries across the country.  She works from her carving studio in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn.

Whether the attendee is a homeowner wanting to get their window sash to operate or a person wanting to get into the business of window restoration, we will endeavor to make proper window function as clear as . . .  well, glass . . .   The demonstration will include an outline of window components and the basic simplicity of their construction, operation and repair.  Attendees will learn how to 'unstick' their sash and replace rope/chain, parting beads and glass as well as adjust the stop for a year-round smooth operation, become familiar with weather stripping and storm window application for improved efficiency.  Hands-on interaction is encouraged.

Biography: Jade Mortimer, owner of Heartwood Building & Restoration, first began restoring wood windows in 1997, the  year of the National Window Restoration Conference in Washington DC to which I traveled (on a plane) with a large 4"x6"x40" window sill under my arm.  My hunch that it could be restored was confirmed and I've been hooked ever since.  Our work throughout New England includes libraries, meeting houses, town halls and private residences. It's hard work but the end justify the means – preservation rocks!

Post-bellum America experienced exponential growth in the development of innovative woodworking machines.  American inventors and manufacturers overtook Europe as the world leaders in innovation and quality. Most population centers of 2000 inhabitants supported selfcontained woodworking "mills" that supplied the local market with complex wood products such as shutters, window sash, decorative mouldings, paneled doors,and "baseball bats"!  Join the staff and students from Colorado Mountain College's Historic Preservation program as they present the history of these machines and demonstrate their use with select pieces from their operating collection of vintage machines.

Biographies:
Robert W. Ogle is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Historic Preservation Programs at Colorado Mountain College.  He is an advocate for increased preservation building arts curriculum development worldwide. He earned a B.S degree in Finance and Economics from Philadelphia University, a Certificate in Historic Preservation from Bucks County Community College, and a Master of Historic Preservation degree from the University of Kentucky.

Patrick Haire is a Project Manager and faculty member in Colorado Mountain College's Historic Preservation Programs.  He is a master woodworker who specializes in the research, restoration, and continued use of vintage woodworking machines.  Prior to joining Colorado Mountain College, he restored (2) historic woodworking mills and operated his own woodworking studio/shop in Humboldt, KS.

This session will explore and demonstrate products that will be used in the repair of historic buildings. Products such as old style wavy glass, storm windows, glass glazing and epoxies.  The audience will learn the specifics of why restoring historic wood windows is superior to using replacement windows and the economic reasons for doing so. Old style wavy glass will be explored as a option to using salvaged glass in situations where salvaged glass is difficult to find. A demonstration will follow identifying tools and supplies used in the restoration, repair and maintenance process.  Hand-outs and additional resources will also be distributed.  This session will be a good overall informational session for the general homeowners who have questions about the repair of their historic home.

Biography: Jack P. Patchin, owner – “Ol House Experts” has over 30 years in the construction/restoration field and has operated his own historic restoration business for over 10 years where he specifically consults and repairs houses that are 50 years and older. Jack also served 9 years on the maintenance crew for Taliesin Preservation, Inc. conducting maintenance and restoration work for buildings located on Frank Lloyd Wrights Wisconsin Estate. While living in the state of Maryland, Jack had the opportunity to restore wood windows for structures constructed in the mid-1700’s and has reconstructed wooden windows for barns and outbuildings. He has presented workshops and seminars for local preservation organizations, PTN, as well as at the community college level. He is a member of numerous organizations including National Trust for Historic Preservation and Preservation Trades Network. He currently resides and conducts his business in historic Madison, Indiana.

This session will cover the fundamental techniques of dry-laid stone construction.  Dry stone structures have many advantages over mortared walls.  Walls without mortar rely on the skill of the craftsmen and the forces of gravity and frictional resistance.  They have a slight flexibility that allows them to conform to foundation settlement without damage.  Because the sides slope slightly inward, ground movement locks the structure more tightly together. Importantly, a stiff concrete footing is not needed, saving labor and material expense.  

Biography: Neil Rippingale, the Dry Stone Conservancy’s Training Program Manager, joined the staff in 2001. He is a Master Craftsman certified by the Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain.  Prior to joining the Conservancy, he was previous owner and managing director of N.R. Stonecraft in Edinburgh and worked as an independent construction and walling contractor in Midlothian, Scotland.  In his twenty-five year career as a drystone waller, Mr. Rippingale has received several prestigious awards for his work including first place wins in Central Scotland Walling Competition and the Pinnacle Award (the highest award presented by the Dry Stone Walling Association).  He has taught drystone walling to more than 3,000 trainees and worked in Australia, Switzerland, Scotland, England, Nova Scotia, and Montreal and in 30 of the 50 states in the United States.  As the Conservancy’s Training Program Manager, Neil wears many hats . . . technical consultant, workshop instructor, mason mentor, certification program examiner and competition organizer as well as safety officer and project superintendent for the Conservancy’s restoration and training projects.  Dry Stone Conservancy Mission Statement, The mission of the nonprofit Dry Stone Conservancy is to, revive and promote the ancient craft of dry-laid stone masonry and to, preserve existing historic drystone structures, Dry Stone Conservancy Organizational Brief, The Drystone Conservancy is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving drystone buildings, techniques, history and craft.  The Conservancy’s primary goal is to provide long-term options for the conservation of Kentucky and America’s dry-laid stone heritage.  Through its partnerships with various preservation organizations and governmental agencies, the Conservancy regularly offers advice on preservation and restoration options as well as instructional workshops, on-the-job training and certification opportunities to develop professional drystone masons.

The ups, down, ins, outs, slices and splinters of window retoration.  Several old, damaged or abused sash will be used to show common failures and related repairs.  No smoke and mirrors here - though steam and putty will be employed along with a number of repair techniques.  Participants will have a chance to work with all of the materials involved and learn some tricks of the trade.  A particular emphasis is made on restoration repair techniques where preservation of original material is paramount.

Biography: Andy Roeper founded Winn Mountain Restorations in 2006 after years of doing his own old house restorations.  Combining a love for restoration with a thorough enjoyment for teaching he will have just taught a week long class on window Restoration in conjunction with Historic Old Washington in Maysville, KY. Current projects run the gamut from small residential projects to large public building challenges.  When time permits he continues work on a large connected farmhouse that contains both his shop and residence as well as an ever growing collection of old woodworking machinery that is used in the business. He is a member of PTN, The Timber Framers Guild, New England Window Restoration Alliance, Historic New England and the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance.

The Compagnons du Devoir is a generic name for several French associations which have their origins in the guilds arising during the construction of the cathedrals during the 12th century.  Les Compagnons du Devoir is the generic name of several French associations, heirs of the movements of companionship born at the time of construction of cathedrals in the 12th century which provide for young people, from age 16, training in traditional crafts, based on apprenticeship, community living and a period of travel called Tour de France.

We will discuss the tool, materials and methods to doing simple to complex stone dutchman repairs.  We will dicuss the history of the methods how they have evolved over time.  We will provide opportunities for attendees to try the tools to show how a difficult it is to get fit a stone repair without more that a joint the size of a piece of paper. We will also dicuss the philosophy behide why these skills are needed and the difference between this and a composite style masorny repair.

Biography: Born in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, I was raised on a working cattle farm that contained numerous historic vernacular structures that required constant maintenance.  My main exposure in the preservation field was in the care of hand-hewn log structures of Scotts-Irish and German notching and construction techniques.  During those years had the opportunity to dismantle, repair and reconstruct numerous log structures and their masonry features with my father.   I attended Shepherd College in Shepherdstown, West Virginia and received Degree’s in Business, Civil Engineering and Culinary Arts.  Having lived in numerous historic homes during college and my experience at home and upon graduation I perused a career in Historic Preservation.  I began working for a local preservation contractor who introduced me to the more technical and modern practices in the field.  I then came to the Historic Preservation Training Center in 2000 as a craftsperson and became interested in the technical and practical parts project leadership.  I entered into the Exhibits Specialist training program in 2004 assigned to the Masonry Division. I am currently a staff Exhibits Specialist with the Masonry division at HPTC. During my assignments I try to bring practical experiences and inventive thought to solving preservation problems that arise during field projects.

This session will show participants an approach to architectural finishes analysis (paint and wallpaper) and the use of microscopy in the identification of components. Participants will learn the history of paint and wallpaper manufacture and understand the discreet elements of those decorative finishes. They will then be introduced to sample selection and preparation and the many types of microscopy that can be use in analysis: reflected light, transmitted light, polarized light and UV light microscopy.   Reflected light and polarized light microscopes will be available so that participants can have hands-on experience working with the equipment to further understand material analysis through the lens.

Biography: Sarah Vukovich teaches in the Historic Preservation Program at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). In the fall she will be teaching Conservation Science I and II in the Historic Preservation Masters Program at the University of Vermont (UVM). She has a Masters of Science in Preservation from UVM and a Masters in Science in Architectural Conservation from the University of Pennsylvania. Her thesis focused on an analysis of wallpaper fragments from Horace Walpole's masterpiece, Strawberry Hill.   She is a principal with the New England Preservation Collaborative and works in materials research (paint, wallpaper and mortar analysis), conditions analysis and archival research.

Laying out and installing a slate roof, and the different techniques for replacing broken slate.

Biography: I grew up in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, on a dairy farm that had been in my family for eight generations. At an early age, my father sent me up on our 60 ft. high barn roof to “fix the leaks” with just a ¾ inch diameter, 300 ft. long rope to hold onto!  Over the years, I learned many skills on the farm, many of which have helped me troubleshoot and solve difficult leakage problems.  In the 1970’s I started doing all facets of construction,  In the 1990’s I learned more skills while doing construction in New York City.  It was there that I started to learn slating skills from an old Englishman.   After New York, I started working on slate roofs in Boston and then published my business website in the year 2000. I currently do a lot of slate work in Providence RI., including some in collaboration with the Providence Preservation Society.   In the summer, I return to Vermont to work on slate roofs there.

John and Jamie will present strategies, skills and techniques for best practice in the use of  tools for mortar removal on historic masonry. In specific, they will be featuring Trow & Holden's short-stroke pnuematic hammers and chisels made in Barre, VT. Their collection features an array of both old and new tools, as well as some custom designs they have developed for the removal of mortars of various hardness from soft lime mortars to Portland cement mortars.

Biographies:
John Wastrom is preservation mason from Portsmouth, NH. John has over 35 years experience in the trades and is a graduate of Boston University's Historic Preservation Program. He has been a masonry instructor for the Preservation Education Institute for 20 years.  John has worked on historic masonry buildings, structures and walls throughout the Northeast and across the country.

Jamie Duggan is a preservation mason from Montpelier, VT with 22 years experience in the trades. He is a graduate of the University of Vermont's Historic Preservation Program, and holds a certificate in Preservation Skills and Technology from the Preservation Education Institute in Windsor, VT.  Jamie first meet John over a decade ago when he enrolled in Repointing of Brick Masonry, a class John was teaching for the Preservation Education Institute. Over the years since then, they have worked on at least one project together every year or so from South Reading, VT to Canterbury, NH. In recent years, together they have been leading a team of preservation masons on a number of projects at Shelburne Farms, VT.

Covered bridges in New England and elsewhere are an endangered species.  (For example, in Vermont, only about 100 covered bridges survive out of an estimated peak number of 700.)  What is less well known is that repairs to/renovations of these bridges have tended to include the use of CIP concrete to stabilize or replace their abutments, which were commonly built in dry stone.  The result is that dry stone bridge abutments have been disappearing at an even faster rate than the bridges themselves.  Various aspects of this will be discussed, including:  What are the causes of this trend?  What can be done to slow or reverse it?  Is CIP buttressing effective in stabilizing failing abutments?  Is it inappropriate to replace abutments with CIP concrete?  If repairs/replacements are carried out using dry stone techniques, is it appropriate to replicate the original stonework, which often reflects a regional style, or should structural strength and longevity be the deciding factors?

Biography: Michael was born in Switzerland in 1962 and has lived in Spain, England, Scotland and the USA.  He has been a full-time dry stone waller since 1993, when Neil Rippingale (now the training and certification 'czar' of the Dry Stone Conservancy of Kentucky) "head-hunted" him to work on the building of a new dry stone thatched cottage in the Isle of Harris to which the DSWA gave its Pinnacle Award.  Michael is the holder of a Master Craftsman certificate issued by the Dy Stone Walling Association of Great Britain (DSWA) and he is also an examiner for the DSWA's Craftsman Certification Scheme.  He has run/participated in the teaching of several dry stone walling training courses.  During a visit to eminent colleague Dan Snow in southern Vermont, Michael met his wife Michelle, with whom he has lived on a wannabe farm since 1996.  They have a 4-year-old daughter whose name is not Hillary.

The form of Barre's granite sheds not only followed function but also followed finance. The typical granite shed was a no-frills structure with a cavernous interior and dirt floor whose form was specifically designed for the finishing of large heavy pieces of granite. The granite shed's barn-like structure was a well-understood rural building form and a shed was often designed and built by a local barnwright. The talk will trace the evolution of the shed shape to fit the needs of improved material handling technologies - from round to horseshoe to straight. After the talk, we will tour the 113-year-old Jones Brothers Shed No. 1 which was part of a monumental granite cutting plant that was once billed as the largest in the world.

Biography:
Paul Wood spent many happy boyhood hours hiking around the old Bunker Hill Quarry and Railroad in Quincy. His further granite education came through the Connecticut granite business of his father-in-law who sold mostly Barre granite. He lives next door to Hardwick Vermont (at one time the building granite center of the US) and is currently researching its granite industry. Mr. Wood is a graduate engineer with a lifelong interest in the history of technology and industry – especially the tools and techniques of the granite industry. Since 2002, he has been associated with the Vermont Granite Museum, helping to research Vermont’s granite industry and to organize and display the museum’s archives and artifacts. He is a long-time member of the Early American Industries Association.