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Dr Gerard C J Lynch, LCG, Cert Ed, MA (Dist), PhD

" In a field where materials and skills are scarce, but increasingly in demand, Gerard Lynch is a key personality and has a major role to play in reviving a building craft which created a significant part of English architecture"

Professor John Ashurst, D Arch,RIBA, EASA (Hon) (1990)

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Craft Education and Training - The dilemma

The American Connection

Gauged Brickwork

Tuck Pointing

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Scaled Gauged Niche Masterpiece, designed, cut and built by Gerard

If a man dwells on the past then he robs the present. but if he ignores the past he may rob the future. The seeds of our destiny are nurtured by the roots of our past

A person who who works with his hands is called a labourer. A person who works with his hands and his head is called a craftsman. A person who works with his hands, head and heart is called an artist

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Also Gerard is pleased to announce that his PhD thesis, English Gauged Brickwork: Historical Development and Future Practices has been accepted by Elsevier Ltd for publication in Autumn 2007.