The Preservation Trades Network is seeking demonstrators to participate in IPTW 2023. “Silver Edition” is the theme for the 25th International Preservation Trades Workshop, to be held at the Historic Preservation Training Center building at 6129 Butterfly Lane, Frederick, Maryland from Thursday, September 7th through Saturday, September 9th, 2023. Additionally there may be a pre-conference workshop and/or community day workshop during the week of the event.
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North Bennet Street School (NBSS), a traditional trades career training school in Boston, seeks an experienced preservation carpenter and instructor in the two -year preservation carpentry program to begin in August 2015. The program teaches adults entering the trade the theory and practice of residential construction and preservation carpentry working both in the shop and on historic structures in the greater Boston area using traditional and modern tools and machines.
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Women, especially petite, are not encouraged to follow a hands-on job trend. I gained confidence and ability at Belmont... [went] off on my own and have my own business specializing in stained and leaded glass.
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I grew up in central Kentucky and we always lived in older houses so I got a feel for old houses early on. When I was a teenager we moved to Northern KY and later it was here I got my start in historic preservation. I worked for a Mick Noll who was converting an old firehouse into a restaurant. I was impressed by the man who restored the wooden windows. He was meticulous with the details but still he moved right along. He restored all the windows to smooth working order. Another fellow, an older carpenter had an apprentice who really was not so interested in the work. I paid close attention however and picked up a lot. I learned early on to hustle when I helped him. If I fell behind I would hear "dollar waiting on a dime" and so pick it up to keep him happy and so I could keep working with him.
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My interest in building replicas of 17th and 18th century American furniture began in 1972 from a Humanities professor of mine in college who introduced me to period tools and early American furniture.I started gathering tools, studying styles, design and construction, visiting museums and historic sites, going to sawmills, and working in earnest. I continued this self taught education for eight years and went into business in 1980.
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