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2007 Cemetery Monument Conservation Photos

NCPTT held the Southeast Cemetery Monument Conservation Workshop at St. Michaels Cemetery, Pensacola, Florida on October 23-25, 2007. Twenty five participants from twelve states and England attended the three day hands-on workshop geared to cemetery maintenance and management staff, monument builders, and preservation professionals. Ten expert instructors from around the country led the workshop in a small group round-robin format. The topics covered included condition assessments, conservation ethics, cleaning and consolidation techniques, adhesive repairs, patch and loss filling, and resetting.

This year’s special topic was the location of buried features and unmarked graves. Hands-on sessions were offered on the use of Ground Penetrating Radar, magnetometer, resistivity, and conductivity. At the end of the three days participants of the workshop left St. Michael’s Cemetery with further knowledge of cemetery conservation to take back to their home areas. The participants left behind ten newly conserved graves at St. Michaels.

Instructor Shelley Sass talkes patch fills with participant Chandra Reedy. (Mary Striegel) Instructor Martin Johnson explains to Margo Stringfield how to remove failed mortar. (Mary Striegel) Margo Stringfield leads a tour of historic St. Michael Cemetery, including the unique burial crypts. (Jason Church) Catherine Hayes applies epoxy to a break as instructor Martin Johnson and participants Lanie Swanson and Scott Field watch. (Jason Church) Lanie Swanson removes failed repair adhesive from a marble headstone. (Mary Striegel) Instructor Fran Gale looks at deterioration issues with participant James Johnson.(Mary Striegel)
Instructor Jay Johnson demonstrates the use of a conductivity meter. (Jason Church) Instructor Irving Slavid explains the principals of patch fills to participants Catherine Hayes, Scott Field and Walt Walters. (Jason Church) A group of workshop participants do a conditions assessment exercise on a small mausoleum. (Mary Striegel) Group Photo of the 2007 Cemetery Monument Conservation Workshop. (Mary Striegel) Instructor Norman Weiss goes over treatment options of an iron fence with workshop participants. (Mary Striegel) Main enty gates of historic St. Michael's Cemetery in Pensacola, Florida. (Jason Church)
A group of participants look on as instructor Bryan Haley explains the GPR's imaging. (Mary Striegel) Participant Peter Sullivan searches for hidden features using a Magnatometer. (Jason Church) Participant Stan Rogers helps instructor Karl Munson remove a stone for resetting. (Jason Church) Staci Richey, Chandra Reedy and William Lamb do a conditions assessment on a damaged grave marker. (Jason Church) Steven Luppert and Gail Tarver operate a Ground Penatrating Radar in the hopes of locating an unmarked grave. (Mary Striegel) Workshop participant Cindi Giametta applies a poultice to iron stained marble. (Mary Striegel)
Myles Bland and Debbie Smith apply a fill patch to a repaired stone. (Jason Church)

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