{"id":10144,"date":"2014-03-27T15:46:59","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T19:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eraarch.ca\/?p=10144"},"modified":"2014-05-14T13:56:19","modified_gmt":"2014-05-14T17:56:19","slug":"heritage-masonry-gerard-lynch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eraarch.ca\/2014\/heritage-masonry-gerard-lynch\/","title":{"rendered":"Heritage Masonry with Dr. Gerard Lynch, May 13 to 22"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n Masons, heritage professionals, architects, historians, and all interested parties: We invite you to join us for a new installment of Dr. Gerard Lynch’s extraordinary courses in brickwork, May 13 to 22 at Evergreen Brickworks, Toronto<\/a>.<\/p>\n Learn from scholar and master mason Gerard Lynch about traditional limes and mortars, traditional binders, historical forms of pointing and jointing, causes of failure in brickwork, and all manner of detail in the mason\u2019s art.<\/p>\n Update: We will also be joined May 20 to 22 by master mason Terry Mullarkey of J. Mullarkey & Sons Stonemasons, one of the top marble and stone masonry restoration companies in the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n These courses combine theoretical and hands-on demonstration, revealing the fascinating intricacy of brick construction past and present, and providing analytical and technical tools to inform our professional practice and love of building craft. Those who have taken Dr. Lynch’s introductory course may be particularly interested in the one-day courses below, where participants can build on what they’ve previously learned. Courses include:<\/p>\n Lime Mortars and Traditional Brick Masonry (2 Day Course)<\/b>:<\/p>\n Construction & Repair of Traditional Masonry – Hands-On Course for Masons (2 Day course presented by Gerard Lynch & friends)<\/b>:<\/p>\n Advanced Topics in Lime Mortar (1 Day course)<\/b><\/p>\n Brick Cleaning & Traditional Surface Treatments (1 Day course):<\/b><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Dr. Gerard Lynch is an internationally acclaimed and highly respected historic brickwork consultant, master bricklayer, educator and author. He followed a traditional apprenticeship as a bricklayer and, over the years through his natural ability within his craft, gained many awards, including the Silver and Gold Trowels from the Brick Development Association, UK, and is a Licentiate of the City and Guilds of London Institute (LCG). He is a former Head lecturer of Trowel Trades at Bedford College, pioneering a revival of gauged brickwork, in which he is considered the world\u2019s leading authority, and other almost forgotten traditional craft skills. He is affectionately known by the historic term, \u2018The Red Mason\u2019.<\/p>\n\n
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