Reviving a Wood-Fired Open Clamp at H.G. Matthews' Traditional Brickworks at Bellingdon, Buckinghamshire,in February and May 2010

摘要

Long years of experience and the nature of the author's involvement with historic brickwork in the United Kingdom and on the international stage, which is of record, has allowed him to study the traditional materials and craft practices associated with both brickmaking and bricklaying, and to re-examine certain aspects of both that have fallen from everyday knowledge and use, due to the passage of time and the on-going drive towards modernising both crafts; particularly since the Second World War. The need to be able to repair and restore traditionally constructed brickwork using materials and craft techniques that are empathetic to the historical period has never before been so vital, and this has made it absolutely essential that we should seek to gain a deeper and more meaningful appreciation of historical materials, tools, equipment and how these were properly used if we are to authentically re-create work that can seamlessly fit and honour our country's noble brick-built heritage.