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Show the proper consistency. 58 UTAH P R E S E R V A T I O N 1 explains, "' This unique degree is the greatest achie~~ cmcIn th ave been involved in during my 30- year tenure at Snow College. It combines classroom theory on historic preservation with the grass- root skills use to create the actual historic sites that TBSI workshop participants renovate." The new degree should increase TBSI's enrollment and allow it to offer more workshops. Lambert, a mortar specialist with two decades of professional experience as the founder and president of Salt Lake City-based Abstract Masonry Restoration Inc., reports that students from all over the country have traveled to Utah to attend his Historic Masonry Restoration workshop. " We get a lot of building owners who attend so they can know if they are getting a clean shake from their contractor," he laughs. " The skills to understand what we do are not widely avail-able and are very technical and specific." When asked about his most satisfying expe-rience at TBSI, Lambert recalls the owner of a masonry repointing business in Washington, D. C. who provided him the chance to debate and defend his own approach to masonry restoration. Like many workshop attendees, this student was accustomed to using hard, impermeable modern- day mortar. Historic materials, however, were softer, more flex-ible, and breathable. Although many people believe the modern materials are better for masonry repairs, softer materials are actually preferable because they do not damage his-toric masonry the way modern materials can. In just three days, Lambert prompted his student to reevaluate his approach." It was great to see an up- and- coming craftsman with the dedication to fly across the country and discover a new perspective on his work." The student's presence at the workshop ultimately resulted in the accomplishment of one of TBSI's broader goals- to create a forum for experienced and novice craftsmen to discuss their work, which will ultimately result in bet-ter historic preservation. Students learn about the practical applica-tion of traditional building skills by putting them to use on actual restoration projects. The TBSI program offers the unique opportunity to work on historic sites as early as the first day of class. For example, the cabin owned by pioneer artist C. C. A. Christensen needed a large- scale restoration after it was moved to Heritage Square in Ephraim, so TBSI focused several Log., and Timber Restoration workshops around the project. Students built Traditional Building Skills Institute Snow College Ephraim, UT TBSI provides participants with unique, hands- on experiences in traditional methods of preservation & restoration. * Workshops included Adobe Masonry Br England Blacksmithing Millwork/ Woodwork Ceramic Tile Stained Glass Plaster Stonework Faux Painting Timber Frame Furniture Wood Carving Log Cabin Wood Windows + For more jnformation. A Phone: 435- 283- 7572 - Fax: 435- 283- 6913 Email: joan. larsen@ snow. edu or russ. mendenhal1 @ snow. edu I Or visit: www. traditionalbuildingskillsinstitute. com Expert instructor Chris Gochnour demonstrates dovetailing with a backsaw during a Wood Furniture workshop. UTAH P R E S E R V A T I O N 59 a new door, water- sealed the structure, and practiced chinking, daubing, and roofing. In Spring City, TBSI workshop partici-pants helped in the ongoing restoration of the town's beloved 1899 Victorian school-house by cleaning, repointing, and tucking masonry and stone. Other workshop projects have included work on the Moroni Opera House as well as the American Legion Hall and the Patton House in Manti. As part of a new Adobe Restoration workshop, TBSI students visited northeastern New Mexico to work on historic structures in the Mills Canyon Orchard. This former fruit and vegetable farm from the late 1800s includes dilapidated stone and adobe buildings in need of careful restoration. One restoration project takes students even farther away from Snow College. TBSI offers a workshop in Great Britain where students work on a 600- year- old castle in Wales. John Lambert heads the excursion that includes students who have already learned some basic skills in his Historic Masonry Restoration workshop. When they arrive, the students per-form painstaking work on what may have been the home of the last Prince of Wales, removing cement mortar and replacing it with a lyme-putty version that more closely matches the composition of the original mortar. Using reproduced lyme- putty and original rocks, students repair a tweltlh- centuv wall during TBSi's study abroad program in Wales. F O R S E Y S The TBSI students stay with a host fam-ily to cut down the trip's cost and provide a wonderful cross- cultural experience. " The benefit is you get the consummate blend of an architectural preservation experience through hands- on work on a twelfth- century building," Lambert says, " and you get the cultural and social experience of staying with a Welsh family." ~.- t k a E i t g ~ ~ In addition, students begin to under-stand preservation on a new level, Lambert explains. " They get a much broader perspec-tive of historic masonry preservation in a worldwide context, instead of just from 1847 to now, which is what you find in Utah." He points out that many of Utah's early settlers came from Great Britain, which helps the students make a historical connection to local projects. Richard Stephenson, who received his bachelor's degree in manufacturing and engi-neering from Brigham Young University this year, has taken numerous courses at TBSI, including woodcarving, traditional black-smithing, stone cutting, and masonry restora-tion. He was drawn to TBSI by his interest in woodworking which he inherited from his father, a beekeeper with an extensive woodshop. Stephenson's trip to England introduced him to new approaches to preservation. " The mentality [ in England] is different than what we have here," Stephenson says. " Here we want things crisp and clean, but there, they'll put a new stone in next to a soot- blackened one knowing that in 100 years it will match." Stephenson says TBSI workshops have helped him look at structures with a more European view of time as things that will last beyond his own existence. " Now I have a greater appreciation for historic buildings and craftsmanship," he explains. " I take greater care in the work I do, and I try to make things that will last 100 to 200 years into the future." If other TBSI students learn the lessons Stephenson has taken to heart, then TBSI will have accomplished its goal: to train the craftspeople with the skills, knowledge, and passion to restore and preserve historic build-ings in Utah and beyond. * TBSl's three- day workshops run between September and April and cost $ 325 for first- time no- credit participants, and $ 300 for returning no- credit participants. The course fee includes all materials, the use of TBSI tools, and lunches. For a complete schedule and more information, call 435- 283- 7575 or visit www. snow. edu/ tbsi. TBSI courses include: Stained Glass Restoration Instructor: William Littig Historic Masonry Restoration Instructor: John Lambert Wood Furniture Making I Instructor: Dale Peel Wood Furniture Making I1 Instructor: Chris Gochnour Traditional Faux Painting Instructor: Regina Garner Lucy Burningham is a freelance journalist based in Portland, Oregon, who has a keen interest in the West. She has worked as an editor for a city regional and a shelter magazine and holds a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Montana in Missoula. Millwork/ Woodwork Instructor: Michael Jackson Wood Windows Instructor: Philip Kearns -:# darna ed, historic buildings look fi ke historic buildings. MASONRY RESTC) R ATION I Exverts at Cleaning, Repairing and Preserving Historic Masonry Adobe Restoration Instructor: David Yubeta Blacksmithing Instructor: Dan Wardle Decorative and Flat Plaster Instructor: TBA Log Cabin Restoration Instructor: Joseph Gallagher Stone Carving and Restoration Instructor: Keith MacKay Timber Framing Instructor: Joey Paulsen Woodcarving Instructor: Mathew Philli~ son Ceramic Tile Painting Instructor: Regina Garner Historic Masonry Study and Tour in England Instructor: john Lam bert UTAH PRESERVATION 61 |
