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Spring 2007 Schedule — Tuesday, 12:30 - 2:00 and Thursday, 12:30 PM - 4:50 pm. Version 070403

Week Date Topics
1 01/25

Introduction to Class; Site Visit to Linden Place, 500 Hope Street, Bristol, RI

2 01/30

Paints Types

02/01 Earth Pigments Paint Recipies
3 02/06

Early Victorian Finishes (Campbell-Whittlesey House 1835)

02/08

A.J. Downing Paint Recipies
Late Victorian Finishes (Billings Farm House 1890)

4 02/13

Research and Interpretation
Color Theory

02/15

Finishes Analysis John Vaughan, Architectural Conservator, 190 High Street, Bristol, RI 02809

5 02/20, 22

Interior Decoration: Wall Treatments, Floor Treatments

6 02/27

Preparation and Painting of Architectural Elements

03/01

Historic and Protective Coatings — Gilding, Graining, Bronzing Site visit: Charles Jeffers (Jeff) Moore, Director of Conservation and Chief Conservator, Furniture Conservation Workshop, The Preservation Society of Newport County, 424 Bellevue Avenue, Newport RI 02840

7 03/06 Rock-to-Stone Project — Introduction to Project, Geology
03/08 Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference
Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA
8 03/13, 15 Spring Break. Field work for Rock-to-Stone Project (optional; can be done after break)
9 03/20

Wood I — Nature of Wood, Species Identification, Pathology
Wood II — Analysis, Treatments: Pesticides, Epoxies, Finishes

03/22 Site Visit: Rob Cagnetta, President, Heritage Restoration, Inc.
Windows and Glass
10 03/27

Architectural Tools and Joinry, Woodworking Machinery (Historic), Mill Work

03/29 Brendan Kinnane, President, Troy City Woodwork, 394 Kilburn Street, Fall River, MA 02724, Tel. 508.679.8479 (2:30 PM) 
11 04/03 Architectural Metals, Properties
04/05 Coggeshall Farm Museum, Bristol, RI — Scope of Work, Checklist for Proposal, Inspection
12 04/10 Building Stone and Stone Performance
  04/12

Site Visit — Bristol Masonry

13

04/17

Roofing and Metals (above)

04/19 Site visit: George Martell, Martell’s Metal Works, 36 Maple Avenue, Seekonk, MA 02771, Tel. 508.761.9130 Directions.
14 04/24

Clay Products – Brick

  04/26 Coggeshall Farm — Follow-Up Site Visit
15 05/01 Masonry
  05/03 Casting Plasters, Compo, Gesso Putty, Paper Mache (Jeff Moore)
16 05/08 Masonry Cleaning and Conservation; Coatings and Consolidants
05/10 Reading Day
17 05/12 Exam Period Begins