Handshouse Heroes: Testimonials
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“It was more than an object, more than an opportunity to explore a building technique, more than something interesting to work on. To recover these buildings, to recover how to build them, to recover what they meant and to do it collectively in the way that they’ve done [it] is to make an enormous difference, a social difference. It’s more than recovering an object. It’s a community recovering a world.”
- Barbara Kirshemblatt-Gimblett, Chief Curator of the POLIN, Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Core Exhibition, The Handshouse Gwoździec Synagogue reconstruction in the POLIN Museum.
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The Notre-Dame project
“Education has been an essential part of Handshouse’s Notre-Dame Project all along, so I can think of no outcome more fitting than to have a dedicated teacher like Michael and an ambassador for the craft like Jackson working alongside such skilled counterparts at Asselin. I trust that students will benefit from the knowledge exchanged during this collaboration for years to come.”
- Lindsay Cook, PhD, project historian and architectural history professor at the Pennsylvania State University
"It has been an incredible honor to be able to take part in this amazing endeavor. The rebuilding of Notre-Dame de Paris is not only a physical restoration but also a symbol of resilience, cultural preservation, and collective efforts to save an iconic landmark. Representing the timber framing community in this work has been an absolute privilege and has come with a deep sense of pride."
- Jackson Dubois
“Having the opportunity to live and work in France, and the camaraderie that developed between the French carpenters and ourselves to produce elements of the spire was deeply emotional. The quatrefoils, trefoils, and dormers we cut and carved are now installed on the spire in Paris!”
- Michael Burrey
Amber Alyn hews a white oak log at the 10-day Notre-Dame truss re/construction workshop at Catholic University.
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Yari Wolinsky
Handshouse Studio Board of Directors Member Yari Wolinsky reflects on his time at Handshouse.
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Justin Brazier
Handshouse Studio Board of Directors Member Justin Brazier reflects on his time at Handshouse.
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