Department
Workshop Visits
A chair caner in Burlington Vermont, a clockmaker's son in Maine, a piano restorer in Berlin.
A Bookbinder in Bristol's Stokes Croft
Eleri Penrose rebinds, repairs, and conserves cloth and leather books from a shopfront on Picton Street. On a Monday in June she rebacks an 1879 family Bible.
A Decoy Carver on the Eastern Shore
Walter Brimm restores Susquehanna Flats and Chesapeake working decoys from a shed behind his house in Havre de Grace, Maryland. On a morning in June he refinishes a 1936 Madison Mitchell pintail.
A Silversmith Restorer in Sheffield Attercliffe
Oonagh Tindall works on Victorian and Edwardian silver from a small workshop in a former cutlery factory. On a Friday in May she repairs a damaged Walker and Hall tea service.
A Barometer Restorer in the Cotswolds
Cedric Halsall has rebuilt mercury stick barometers in a converted dairy near Stow-on-the-Wold for twenty-six years. On a morning in May, he refits the cistern on a Negretti and Zambra of 1881.
A Paper Conservator in Edinburgh
Una MacBeath conserves manuscripts, maps, and personal letters from a top-floor studio in Stockbridge. On a Wednesday in May she treats a water-damaged 1842 sheriff's ledger from Inverness-shire.
A Piano Restorer in Berlin Neukölln
Sigrid Vohwinkel restrings, refelts, and reactions German uprights in a courtyard workshop off Hermannstraße. On a Saturday in April, she finishes a 1908 Blüthner.
The Clockmaker's Son in Coastal Maine
Theodore Aroostook inherited his father's bench, his father's loupe, and a backlog of repairs going back to 1979. From a shed in Stonington, he keeps American shelf clocks running.
An Afternoon with a Chair Caner in Burlington, Vermont
Margery Pell has been weaving rush and cane onto old chairs for thirty-one years. On a wet Thursday in May, she works on a Shaker side chair from 1842 and explains why she charges by the hole.