Our February 20, 2024 guild meeting will feature a presentation on Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest by Austin Englund. This meeting will be in-person and via zoom.
Thomas Jefferson designed and oversaw the construction of a second home in Bedford County, VA. While the house changed hands over the years, a devastating fire changed the form and function of the home for more than 150 years.
Over the past 40 years, archeologists, museum specialists, and restoration craftsmen have researched and restored not only the vision of Jefferson’s retreat home, but also the process and techniques that were originally employed.
Austin will be presenting a brief history of the retreat and restoration, followed by a demonstration of how we reproduced mouldings using period hand tools and techniques.
