Group A: Ben, Helen, Em, Amelie Getting to Alejandra’s farm felt like stepping into another world – one of animals and peace. It let us leave behind the stresses of campus life and academics for an afternoon. We were still learning of course, but having tons of fun while we were at it! While we…
Group F: Lab Collection Week 3 (Cheese Lab)
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Week 7 Group A Lab Data: Woodworking Part 2
As we have all remarked in our lab journals, we spent the week seven lab inside woodworking rather than firing the loom weights due to poor weather. We refined the pieces of our loom (smoothing beams, chiseling) and fashioned several new heddles. In all, we have now spent about eight hours working on the loom…
Week 7 Lab Data: Group C
Group C Lab Data: Hannah Angerman, Beck Arnow, Sagal Ahmed, and Emmy Belloni For this week’s lab, we were supposed to be pit firing our loom weights however the lab was rained out. Instead we continued woodworking in the Archaeology lab and we finished the final pieces of our frame for the loom. Although this…
Metalworking Lab Data Recording
Brooch casting 1. At the beginning of the casting process, the wax model and the wax wire supports are placed in a metal form with plaster. The form is then fired as follows: heat up the kiln to 300 F (all temperatures are taken in Fahrenheit), let it sit at that temperature for two hours,…
