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.


Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Plaster Casting


The hand

The mold making materials and process:



The mixing of mold making material.



The pouring and fast set of mold.



The finished mold.


The plaster mixing, pouring into mold, and reinforcement.


The finished plaster replication.


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