Posts Tagged ‘trades’
in Multimedia, Podcasts
December 26, 2011
This week’s podcast: Great Hair
What’s the trick to a perfect head of hair in the 18th century? The answers might surprise you. Listen to the secrets of great hair in this week’s podcast.
in What's New
July 15, 2011
See images from the kiln burn
- Workers at the brickyard tread wet clay with bare feet.
- Soft clay is pressed into a wooden mold, forming two bricks at a time.
- Newly-formed bricks dry in the sun before they are stacked and fired.
- After drying in the sun, "green" bricks await kiln firing.
- Carefully engineered rows of bricks convey heat and ventilation through the kiln.
- The kiln takes shape under a canvas awning.
- The completed kiln burns for several days.
in Multimedia
June 21, 2011
New Podcast: Meet the Weaver
When the American Revolution began and Britain no longer shipped supplies to her rebellious colonies, tradesmen and women had to answer the need for domestic goods. Supplier of everything from sails to bedsheets, the weaver’s business boomed at the onset of war.
In this week’s podcast, listen as weaver Max Hamrick spins the tale of weaving and dyeing.
in What's New
June 15, 2011
Visit Historic Trades
Did you know that a couple dozen historic trades are carried out by master tradesmen and apprentices throughout the Historic Area? These craftsmen devote their days to researching and recreating the professions and products of the 18th century with painstaking accuracy.
The brickmaker is one of these experts; and in his yard you can stomp clay and see how bricks are shaped, dried, and burned in a kiln to build the structures of Williamsburg.
in Multimedia
May 17, 2011
New online: Historic Farming Slideshow
Historic Farmers grow corn, tobacco and cotton using 18th-century techniques at Great Hopes Plantation.
December 30, 2010
Brickmakers burn oyster rick
Colonial Williamsburg’s historic trades brickmakers completed the oyster rick burn, this year in the snow! Visit the brickmakers to see the burned shell, known as quicklime, and find out more about the 18th-century brickmaking process.
A Colonial Williamsburg admission pass is required for all trade sites.
Learn more about Colonial Williamsburg historic trade brickmakers.
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