Debra Adamcik
A veteran of AiP workshops in Mexico, Italy and Albania, Debra says: AiP is the perfect way to...see what our smile and our own hands
can accomplish. Meet Debra>>>
RESTORING THE BABAMETO HOUSE Gjirokastra, Albania - September 2010 AiP volunteers tackled interior conservation issues at a massive stone tower house in old town Gjirokastra, a World Heritage site. A partnership with Cultural Heritage without Borders, the goal of the project is to provide conservation jobs skills training for local residents and encourage preservation of more of the city’s distinctive architectural heritage.
CONSERVING A 17TH CENTURY COUNTRY COTTAGE Brecljevo, Slovenia - August 2010 The focus of our project in Brecljevo, Slovenia, was masonry conservation and correcting mistakes made during past repair work. AiP volunteers discovered secrets of the past both in the cottage and while touring historic sites and towns in this beautiful land.
GALLETING IN THE GARDEN The Bronx, New York, USA - August 2008, August 2009, August 2010 AiP volunteers learned the traditional art of galleting while repairing masonry walkways at the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum. AiP returned in 2010 to complete restoring the Terrace Garden to its original Delano & Aldrich design.
RESTORATION OF THE FRANCIS MILL Waynesville, North Carolina, USA - July 2004, July 2005, June 2006 Volunteers and community members brought the Francis Mill from a state of near-collapse back to a working mill over a three-year period.
WORKING WITH WALL PAINTINGS AT THE MONASTERY OF SAN GIOVANNI BATTISTA Serravalle, VT, Italy - April 2007 Volunteers discovered that what were thought to be frescos were actually wall paintings, completely changing the type of work needed to restore the 17th century building.
