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X-WR-CALDESC:Due to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic\, we are postponi
ng the Coopering Workshop to a later date. If you were registered for this
class\, we will be contact you with updated information. We are still tak
ing registrations for the Waiting List for 2021.\n\nThe Annual School of C
oopering at the Somerset Historical Center is a three-day workshop where p
articipants will construct a keeler\, or maple sap collecting bucket\, fro
m start to finish using traditional tools and materials. Taught by experie
nced instructor\, Mark Ware\, and several assistants the class provides a
relaxed atmosphere where even the novice woodworker can complete the proje
ct. Participants work at their own pace and all tools and materials are pr
ovided. Along with instruction\, participants will learn some of the histo
ry surrounding coopering and will be able to view original examples of thi
s historical trade. \n\n*Must be 18 years old to participate. ALl tools an
d materials are provided\, but participants are welcome to bring their own
you feel more comfortable using them. Coffee and light refreshments provi
ded along with lunch on Saturday. If you are planning to attend from out o
f town\, there is a wide variety of options for lodging in Somerset and ar
rangements can be made to camp on our grounds if needed. Please call the S
omerset Historical Center at (814)445-6077 for more information.\n\nThe co
ttage craft coopering tradition taught at the Somerset Historical Center s
tems from continual passing down of the craft within Somerset County from
the 1800s to the present day. James Johnson and Jubal Werner\, whose famil
y were Somerset County coopers\, shared\ntheir knowledge in the 1970’s wit
h Mark Ware who in turn shared the techniques and knowledge with numerous
other persons throughout the years as a Museum Educator with the Pennsylva
nia Historical and Museum Commission at the Somerset Historical Center.\n
\nCoopering was an important cottage craft industry throughout the Somerse
t County Maple Sugar Region. Wooden buckets\, tubs\, sugar keelers (bucket
s to collect maple sugar water as it dripped from the spile) and other woo
den vessels were needed throughout the county for the burgeoning maple sug
ar industry. Many farmers in the region were ‘Jacks of all Trades” and wer
e able to make the needed items as a sideline to farming. These skilled ar
tisans fashioned thousands of maple sugar keelers from white pine and boun
d them with hoops made of white oak.\n\nSchedule of Work:\nFriday\, 4/24/2
020 from 6pm to about 9:00 or 10:00pm\nSaturday\, 4/25/2020 from 9am to 5p
m\nSunday\, 4/26/2020 from 9am to 11am\n\nAbout the Instructor
: Mark Ware has been coopering since 1974\, he learned from Somer
set County descendants\, and has documented and preserved Somerset County
coopering techniques throughout the years. He also studied coopering throu
gh a Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Professional Enhancemen
t Grant 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 Hist
orical Center’s Coopering School is dedicated to teaching these traditiona
l Somerset County coopering techniques for future generations. To date mor
e than 150 persons have participated in the coopering school classes.
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DESCRIPTION:Due to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic\, we are postponin
g the Coopering Workshop to a later date. If you were registered for this
class\, we will be contact you with updated information. We are still taki
ng registrations for the Waiting List for 2021.\n\nThe Annual School of Co
opering at the Somerset Historical Center is a three-day workshop where pa
rticipants will construct a keeler\, or maple sap collecting bucket\, from
start to finish using traditional tools and materials. Taught by experien
ced instructor\, Mark Ware\, and several assistants the class provides a r
elaxed atmosphere where even the novice woodworker can complete the projec
t. Participants work at their own pace and all tools and materials are pro
vided. Along with instruction\, participants will learn some of the histor
y surrounding coopering and will be able to view original examples of this
historical trade. \n\n*Must be 18 years old to participate. ALl tools and
materials are provided\, but participants are welcome to bring their own
you feel more comfortable using them. Coffee and light refreshments provid
ed along with lunch on Saturday. If you are planning to attend from out of
town\, there is a wide variety of options for lodging in Somerset and arr
angements can be made to camp on our grounds if needed. Please call the So
merset Historical Center at (814)445-6077 for more information.\n\nThe cot
tage craft coopering tradition taught at the Somerset Historical Center st
ems from continual passing down of the craft within Somerset County from t
he 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 o
ther persons throughout the years as a Museum Educator with the Pennsylvan
ia Historical and Museum Commission at the Somerset Historical Center.\n\n
Coopering was an important cottage craft industry throughout the Somerset
County Maple Sugar Region. Wooden buckets\, tubs\, sugar keelers (buckets
to collect maple sugar water as it dripped from the spile) and other woode
n vessels were needed throughout the county for the burgeoning maple sugar
industry. Many farmers in the region were ‘Jacks of all Trades” and were
able to make the needed items as a sideline to farming. These skilled arti
sans fashioned thousands of maple sugar keelers from white pine and bound
them with hoops made of white oak.\n\nSchedule of Work:\nFriday\, 4/24/202
0 from 6pm to about 9:00 or 10:00pm\nSaturday\, 4/25/2020 from 9am to 5pm
\nSunday\, 4/26/2020 from 9am to 11am\n\nAbout the Instructor:
Mark Ware has been coopering since 1974\, he learned from Somers
et County descendants\, and has documented and preserved Somerset County c
oopering techniques throughout the years. He also studied coopering throug
h a Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Professional Enhancement
Grant with Master Cooper George Pettingill at Colonial Williamsburg\, a P
A Council on the Arts grant with James R. Johnson\, and at Petersvalley\,
a New Jersey Craft School. Numerous volunteers who have previously taken t
he coopering workshop come back to assist participants. The Somerset Histo
rical Center’s Coopering School is dedicated to teaching these traditional
Somerset County coopering techniques for future generations. To date more
than 150 persons have participated in the coopering school classes.
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED - Cottage Craft Coopering
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