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Restoring the fine art of traditional trades

Sep 26, 202454 min
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Episode description

The art and ethics of artisanal trades, from stone masonry to roof plumbing to limestone mortar plastering. What can be done to revive many of these traditional trades and bring them sustainably into the 21st century?

Recorded Melbourne Design Week — presented by the Heritage Council of Victoria and the National Trust of Victoria

Speakers

Glen RundellWindsor Chair maker from the Central Highlands Co-Founder Lost Trades Fair, Kyneton Victoria 

Samantha WestbrookeExecutive Manager, Advocacy & Conservation National Trust Victoria 

Rebecca RobertsStone Mason, Doctoral Candidate with the University of Melbourne

Ruth Redden (host)Architect and heritage consultant 

Further Information

Traditional Trades Exposition

Conservation program at the National Trust in Victoria

Centre for Rare Arts and Forgotten Trades

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