Name: ARTisAn Objective® Workshop MAS-14 Juried-Art/MASTER (“JAM”) Certified Installer Professional BOOT CAMP
Brand: ARTisAn Objective®
SKU: ART-MAS-14
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ARTisAn Objective® Workshop MAS-14 Juried-Art/MASTER (“JAM”) Certified Installer Professional BOOT CAMP

From: $2,000.00

Please note, last-minute registrations (within 48 hours of the workshop date), are not valid until a confirmation email or phone call is sent from our staff.

Includes set of tools.

Available Dates:

8:00 am to 3:00 pm

2025 Schedule:

Coming Soon

Description

ARTisAn® Objective Workshop MAS-14 Juried-Art/MASTER (“JAM”) Certified Installer Professional BOOT CAMP

3 Day – 8:00 am to 3:00 pm

For at least 7500 years of recorded building history, the use of properly cooked and slaked calcium carbonate (lime) made into Quicklime (AKA Lump lime or Hot lime) was either used immediately in a hot-mixed lime mortar or banked up as “coarse stuff” or retained as pure calcium oxide with the intent to improve it with age by refining its particle size as it was stored in pits. Today there is a resurgence of the use of such “air limes” which only set with air as opposed to “water limes” which set with air and water such as the Natural Hydraulic Limes or Pozzolanic Hydraulic Limes that we offer at LimeWorks®.us for making many of our lime mortars and plasters. With the resurgence of interest in traditionally made historic lime mortar mixes, there also arrives peddlers that offer substandard variants which are placed on the market. One variant is soaked hydrated lime putty and mortars made with them. Soaked hydrated lime putty and not slaked hot lime putty is only a “ready to fail” lime mortar that is more likened to sticks of sandy chalk placed between vintage brick and stone joinery by the well-meaning but naive mason. A bonafide hot lime putty and the lime putty mortars made with them are what is considered proper for all legitimate historic masonry preservation campaigns that call for lime putty to be used by those who know the difference in materials.

This 3-day boot camp’s intent is not to stamp out counterfeits. This class is about discerning the genuine article of an authentically prepared lime putty supported by sound scientific knowledge and have the hands-on installation practice time that will also show the difference between slaked hot lime and soaked hydrated lime putty mixes. This boot camp is meant for all dedicated historic restoration masons who want to understand the nuances in this ancient and respected art of the trade. This is a Juried-Art/Master (“JAM”) Certified Installer program that is only for professional restoration masons. Any company sponsoring their masons or any owner/operator of a legitimate masonry company must produce a Certificate of Workers Compensation Insurance in order to join the boot camp and work with the LimeWorks®.us Technical Install Team for this advanced training program.

Learning Objectives:

Begin to understand the science behind ancient and accepted forms of useful lime putty
Practice the hot slaking of quicklime
Practice the use of prepared hot-mixed lime mortar in various applications
Review how to place, tool, texture and cure lime mortar properly while under the practitioners care and custody of the work
Recognize and practice specialized pointing profiles

The workshop will be held at the historic Millhafen Farm—the headquarters of Craftwork Training Center and LimeWorks.us—located at 3145 State Road, Telford, PA 18969. A non-refundable deposit of $100 is required two weeks in advance with the balance due at the beginning of the workshop. All the necessary materials and tools will be supplied and a light lunch is provided for your convenience. The program will start promptly at 8:00 am. Please arrive 15 minutes early to complete the check-in process and come appropriately dressed and prepared for hands-on training. To ensure an exceptional learning experience, the class size is limited. However, a minimum of 6 participants is required to hold the workshop. Should a class not reach the minimum participants, we will notify all registered participants of cancellation at least 10 days prior to the workshop date.

Special Group Options
Companies or organizations with 10 or more participants may qualify for a training program at our location on a date that works with their company and our trainers. Call 215-536-6706 for details.

Please note, last-minute registrations (within 48 hours of the workshop date), are not valid until a confirmation email or phone call is sent from our staff.

This workshop comes with tools that each participant gets to keep. For those workshop participants who want to have their tools shipped to them after the workshop has ended we can arrange that at an additional cost. Please call for pricing. We offer this option since it may not be allowed to load tools on a carry-on bag when flying out after taking the workshop.