Saturday, December 24, 2011
Mr. Historic Restorator!!
My hubby and I!! He's been working as a Historic Restorator/ Painter for 5 years now for Renaissance Restoration Inc. They're based out of Galena Illinios. His work is pure perfection, dedication, and the end results are truly phenomenal!!
Corey's job was to strip all the dental's pictured here under the roof down to bare wood. The wood was all burned down with a heat gun. He chose to use this method vs. using the chemicals called "take off" and "strip this" because for one it would take to many applications inorder to remove all of the old paint and two there, was at least 75 years of old paint on there. Back then you just painted over the old stuff, but today he and the rest of the Renaissance Restoration team are here to completly restore the General Dodge House!!
Superviser Glen Carrier hard at work using a pressure hose to spray off all the remaining paint chips from the brick. There was still tours going on even though the building was under some construction, so they had to keep the area as clean as possible.
All pictures taken by Corey Wickersham 2009
A Shout Out To My Friends In Muscatine Iowa!! The Candle Shed!!
My Baby Boy had his first photo shoot with my beloved vintage 1920's Victorian Parlor Couch!! Thank You so much sharon for this wonderful creation, My whole family loves him dearly!!
Friday, December 23, 2011
To Be Or Not To Be...That Is The Question!
Just this past monday my mom and i went up to Galesburg to visit Carl SandBurg College and their state of the art mortuary science lab. It was beautiful!! Im so exited to start there this fall. I feel really good about my recent decision to be a Mortician/Funeral home director, I know i have alot to offer to the industry, and that it truly is a ministry to helping others! Along with it being a ministery, there is also so much history that comes along with it, that i'm already so familiar with. From caskets, post mortum photography, mourning clothes, music, horse drawn carriage hurses, the list goes on! I appluad all of you out there that are in this field!! Its not easy, its very time consuming, but very rewarding you'll probally all agree. I heart Morticians!!! :)
Sunday, December 4, 2011
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