Handshouse is a non-profit, innovative, educational organization that creates adventurous hands-on projects through community-service, building projects with partners around the world as a way to illuminate history, understand science, and perpetuate the arts.
We are honored to announce!
Jackson DuBois and Michael Burrey represented the Handshouse Studio Notre-Dame Project in the official reconstruction of Notre-Dame de Paris’ iconic timber spire in France!
Michael Burrey, Traditional Carpenter, owner/operator of MLB Restorations (Plymouth, MA) and Preservation Carpentry faculty at the historic North Bennet Street School (Boston, MA) and Jackson DuBois, Professional Timber Framer, owner/operator of DuBois Timber Frames (Cooperstown, NY) and Executive Director of the Timber Framers Guild, were both vital participants in the Notre-Dame Project full-scale reconstruction of Choir Truss #6 in Washington, DC in 2021.
As a result of their participation in this ongoing hands-on educational project, DuBois and Burrey were selected to work on the official reconstruction of Notre-Dame de Paris in France! They were invited to work as members of the team of professional French carpenters of Asselin, one of the companies rebuilding Notre-Dame’s 315-foot timber spire, originally designed by 19th-century restoration architect Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc.
Handshouse Projects are possible from the Support of our community!
Handshouse Studio is a 501c(3) non-profit organization. Donations are tax-deductible. Our tax ID number is 04-3715575.
Handshouse Studio cofounder, Rick Brown, was invited to TEDx Natick in January 2020
to speak about the unique teaching philosophy—he and Handshouse cofounder, Laura Brown, developed together—that fueled the creation of Handshouse Studio.
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Mark Your calendars/
Notre-Dame Project returns to the University of Georgia!
February 5-9th 2024
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews/
Handshouse Studio’s reconstruction of the Gwoździec Synagogue ceiling painting and timber roof are on display as part of the CORE exhibition at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews.
Warsaw, Poland
The Handshouse Studio Bushnell Turtle Revolutionary War Submarine reconstruction on display in the front lobby of the new International Spy Museum. Check it out!
Washington, DC at L'Enfant Plaza
The Willson Center for Humanities and Arts and theLamar Dodd School of Art invited Handshouse Studio: Notre-Dame Project back to Athens,GA to offer a five-day workshop to continue the 1:10 scale white-oak model recreating one of the oldest sections of Notre-Dame de Paris timber roof.