Dr Gerard Lynch - ‘The Red Mason’

Office: 10 Blackthorn Grove, Woburn Sands, Milton Keynes MK17 8PZ - Tel: 01908 584163

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INTERNATIONALLY ACKNOWLEDGED MASTER BRICKLAYER, EDUCATOR, HISTORIC BRICKWORK CONSULTANT, CARVER & AUTHOR

Objectives

To consolidate the earlier knowledge and skills gained on the Introductory Course
To comprehensively enlarge on the knowledge of tuck pointing
To give an understanding of the need and use of traditional colour washes
To look at the use of ochre's (modern pigments) and fixatives used in colour washes
To prepare and apply a traditional colour wash
To help identify if a tuck point restoration would require a colour wash or not
To further knowledge of traditional and modern materials in the production of various coloured stopping mortars and ribbons
To prepare coloured stopping and ribbons
To introduce the segmental profiled coloured tuck joint
To know and select correct tools, equipment and materials
To execute a colour washed and 'stopped' panel and tuck point with a black segmental profiled ribbon.
To tuck point arches

Content

To increase knowledge of the many varied aspects of tuck pointing at an advanced level
To develop the knowledge base and pointing skills of the student to much higher level and increase further his craft status
To further develop awareness and help the students understanding and promote the conservation aspects of this class of work.

5 Days.

The craft workshop of the course tutor.