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X-WR-CALDESC:*The 2022 School of Coopering has been filled. If you are inte
rested in taking the class\, please register for the 2023 Waiting List bel
ow to be notified for next year's class\, or if there are any 2022 cancell
ations.*\n\nThe Annual School of Coopering at the Somerset Historical Cent
er is a three-day workshop where participants will construct a keeler\, or
maple sap collecting bucket\, from start to finish using traditional tool
s and materials. Taught by experienced instructor\, Mark Ware\, and severa
l assistants\, the class provides a relaxed atmosphere where even the novi
ce woodworker can complete the project. Participants work at their own pac
e and all tools and materials are provided. Along with instruction\, parti
cipants will learn some of the history surrounding coopering and will be a
ble to view original examples of this historical trade. \n\nThe fee for th
e three-day class is $165.00. HGSSC Members get a reduced fee of $150.00.
**Please contact us at (814)445-6077 or info@somersethistoricalcenter.org
to ask about the member rate.**\n\n*Must be 18 years old to participate. A
ll tools and materials are provided\, but participants are welcome to brin
g their own you feel more comfortable using them. We also have a variety o
f coopering tools available for purchase. Coffee and light refreshments pr
ovided along with lunch on Saturday. If you are planning to attend from ou
t of town\, there is a number of options for lodging in Somerset and arran
gements can be made to camp on our grounds if desired. Please call the Som
erset Historical Center at (814)445-6077 for more information.\n\nThe cott
age craft coopering tradition taught at the Somerset Historical Center ste
ms from continual passing down of the craft within Somerset County from th
e 1800s to the present day. James Johnson and Jubal Werner\, whose family
were Somerset County coopers\, shared\ntheir knowledge in the 1970’s with
Mark Ware who in turn shared the techniques and knowledge with numerous ot
her persons throughout the years as a Museum Educator with the Pennsylvani
a Historical and Museum Commission at the Somerset Historical Center.\n\nC
oopering was an important cottage craft industry throughout the Somerset C
ounty Maple Sugar Region. Wooden buckets\, tubs\, sugar keelers (buckets t
o collect maple sugar water as it dripped from the spile) and other wooden
vessels were needed throughout the county for the burgeoning maple sugar
industry. Many farmers in the region were ‘Jacks of all Trades” and were a
ble to make the needed items as a sideline to farming. These skilled artis
ans fashioned thousands of maple sugar keelers from white pine and bound t
hem with hoops made of white oak.\n\nSchedule of Work:\nFriday\, 4/24/2020
from 6pm to about 9:00 or 10:00pm\nSaturday\, 4/25/2020 from 9am to 5pm\n
Sunday\, 4/26/2020 from 9am to 11am\n\nAbout the Instructor:
strong> Mark Ware has been coopering since 1974\, he learned from Somerset
County descendants\, and has documented and preserved Somerset County coo
pering techniques throughout the years. He also studied coopering through
a Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Professional Enhancement G
rant with Master Cooper George Pettingill at Colonial Williamsburg\, a PA
Council on the Arts grant with James R. Johnson\, and at Petersvalley\, a
New Jersey Craft School. Numerous volunteers who have previously taken the
coopering workshop come back to assist participants. The Somerset Histori
cal Center’s Coopering School is dedicated to teaching these traditional S
omerset County coopering techniques for future generations. To date more t
han 150 persons have participated in the coopering school classes.
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DESCRIPTION:*The 2022 School of Coopering has been filled. If you are inter
ested in taking the class\, please register for the 2023 Waiting List belo
w to be notified for next year's class\, or if there are any 2022 cancella
tions.*\n\nThe Annual School of Coopering at the Somerset Historical Cente
r is a three-day workshop where participants will construct a keeler\, or
maple sap collecting bucket\, from start to finish using traditional tools
and materials. Taught by experienced instructor\, Mark Ware\, and several
assistants\, the class provides a relaxed atmosphere where even the novic
e woodworker can complete the project. Participants work at their own pace
and all tools and materials are provided. Along with instruction\, partic
ipants will learn some of the history surrounding coopering and will be ab
le to view original examples of this historical trade. \n\nThe fee for the
three-day class is $165.00. HGSSC Members get a reduced fee of $150.00. *
*Please contact us at (814)445-6077 or info@somersethistoricalcenter.org t
o ask about the member rate.**\n\n*Must be 18 years old to participate. Al
l tools and materials are provided\, but participants are welcome to bring
their own you feel more comfortable using them. We also have a variety of
coopering tools available for purchase. Coffee and light refreshments pro
vided along with lunch on Saturday. If you are planning to attend from out
of town\, there is a number of options for lodging in Somerset and arrang
ements can be made to camp on our grounds if desired. Please call the Some
rset Historical Center at (814)445-6077 for more information.\n\nThe cotta
ge craft coopering tradition taught at the Somerset Historical Center stem
s from continual passing down of the craft within Somerset County from the
1800s to the present day. James Johnson and Jubal Werner\, whose family w
ere Somerset County coopers\, shared\ntheir knowledge in the 1970’s with M
ark Ware who in turn shared the techniques and knowledge with numerous oth
er persons throughout the years as a Museum Educator with the Pennsylvania
Historical and Museum Commission at the Somerset Historical Center.\n\nCo
opering was an important cottage craft industry throughout the Somerset Co
unty Maple Sugar Region. Wooden buckets\, tubs\, sugar keelers (buckets to
collect maple sugar water as it dripped from the spile) and other wooden
vessels were needed throughout the county for the burgeoning maple sugar i
ndustry. Many farmers in the region were ‘Jacks of all Trades” and were ab
le to make the needed items as a sideline to farming. These skilled artisa
ns fashioned thousands of maple sugar keelers from white pine and bound th
em with hoops made of white oak.\n\nSchedule of Work:\nFriday\, 4/24/2020
from 6pm to about 9:00 or 10:00pm\nSaturday\, 4/25/2020 from 9am to 5pm\nS
unday\, 4/26/2020 from 9am to 11am\n\nAbout the Instructor: Mark Ware has been coopering since 1974\, he learned from Somerset
County descendants\, and has documented and preserved Somerset County coop
ering techniques throughout the years. He also studied coopering through a
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Professional Enhancement Gr
ant with Master Cooper George Pettingill at Colonial Williamsburg\, a PA C
ouncil on the Arts grant with James R. Johnson\, and at Petersvalley\, a N
ew Jersey Craft School. Numerous volunteers who have previously taken the
coopering workshop come back to assist participants. The Somerset Historic
al Center’s Coopering School is dedicated to teaching these traditional So
merset County coopering techniques for future generations. To date more th
an 150 persons have participated in the coopering school classes.
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LOCATION:Haupt Education Complex at the Somerset Historical Center
SUMMARY:Annual School of Coopering
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