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Putting By, fall 2011
Open
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Restoration
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200th
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Workshop 2008
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Often restored
historic buildings are viewed by the public in a
completed ‘picture perfect’ state. It is not
readily obvious how they came to be that way and just
how their style was influenced by the technology of the
time. Our workshop went back to the bare bones of
the Venoge cottage, explaining how a timber frame
structure is built, and how the early architectural
trades in the area played a part. Our experts explained
how each important part of the house came to be; the
timbers, bricks, design, and plaster, giving the
participants a new way to view structures. |
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Terry
Wullenweber,
Terry is a third generation Master Plasterer, having learned the trade
from his father. He specializes in all forms of decorative plastering.
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Terry Wullenweber explaining early plaster techniques
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Decorative molds
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Terry showing his collection of plaster forms and molds with some exceptional decorative pieces.
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Orbin Ash,
State of Indiana
Historic Site Construction Manager and
restoration expert.
He has consulted
for private museums and has mastered the art of hand hewing and
notching logs and is also a stone mason. |
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Orbin Ash explaining early French methods of house building |
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Orbin demonstrates the methods used to make bousillage, an instulation used in some French architecturestarting with a pancake of mud.
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Next, straw is laid on top of the flattened mud.
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Rolling the mud keeps the straw inside, then it is flattened.
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Draping the mud & straw pancake over a stick wedged between two wall studs, then repeating the process until the space is filled completes the process
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Dr. Darin Rubino -
Darrin's main interest is dendrochronology, the study of
tree-rings. He uses patterns of tree rings to understand the influence of
historic human impacts and natural processes on forest structure,
function, and composition. Currently, he mainly uses tree rings to date
the construction of historic buildings in southern Indiana and adjacent
Kentucky. |
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Dr. Darrin Rubino gives an introduction to dendrocronology
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A record was made of the exact location of each sample.
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Before the workshop, samples were collected by coring or taking slices of some beams
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Samples had to be taken from tight spaces, including the crawl space
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A core being taken from the sill that was suspected of being added later. Dating the wood proved the supositition to be true.
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Patrick Cunningham, Tinner,
with wide experience in
experience working in living
history museums across the country. His work involved
interpretation, research, training, construction, exhibit design
and craft skill.
Pat discussed
finding remaining clues in a building’s structure that can be
used to determine the structure's original configuration.
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Only one original sash remained in the structure
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Details of the sash are discussed
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Measurements are taken in oder to rebuild the window frames and sashes
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New sashes in the shop
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Jerry Yarnetsky, Potter, also the Reference Librarian at the
Madison and Jefferson
County Public Library. |
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Jerry Yarnetsky brought his wooden brick molds to demonstrate the methods used in early brick manufacture. |
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Jerry watches while a participant tries his hand at brick making. The site on the property where the Venoge bricks were made has not been found yet.
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Triming a brick in the mold |
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This program was made possible by an
Historic Preservation Education Grant from:
Supported by a partnership of the
National Endowment for the Humanities
and the
Indiana Humanities Council
Strengthening the ties between us. |
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