New York City has 8,250,000 people and 975,000 buildings.
It also has the only high school program in the country for hands-on masonry preservation, building conservation and green sustainable construction.
This blog offers a glimpse into that program.


The textbook developed from the curriculum and lessons: "Masonry History Integrity An Urban
Conservation Primer" is a free download at this web site:


http://ncptt.nps.gov/blog/masonry-history-integrity-an-urban-conservation-primer-2011-08/


The recent entries are in the LinkedIn Group: Masonry History Integrity & Urban Conservation.


Monday, June 21, 2010

Dentistry, Artistry and Masonry


Exploring ways to duplicate architectural terra cotta




Plaster molds


are quick setting, but a mess to work with...


and tough to remove from the original piece...

successfully.



Home-
made play dough

is easy to make and use...

imprints well...

but isn't durable.




A dental imprint product



mixes easy...



is pliable...



sets very fast...



and releases clean..


to make a durable, duplicate imprint.



Dentistry



Artistry


Ingenuity

To be continued...

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