Join a growing collaboration!

From September 28th through October 4th, the Lamar Dodd School of Art will welcome Handshouse Studio to our Thomas Street Art Complex to stage a week-long immersive workshop centered on constructing a scale model of a section of the Notre Dame de Paris' roof structure. Students are invited to join Handshouse Studio and faculty in our sculpture department in the Notre Dame de Paris Truss Project, a hands-on collaboration that endeavors to explore how this medieval architectural icon was originally made. 

In this workshop, supported by the UGA Willson Center for Arts & Humanities, an interdisciplinary team will work toward completing a 1:10 scale white oak model of the intricate wooden roof structure that once stood above Notre Dame de Paris’ Choir. The workshop will be focusing on building a detailed study of the eastern end of the roof structure based on both Rémi Fromont and Cédric Trentesaux’s meticulous hand-drawn survey and the remarkable composite laser survey assembled by the Chantier scientifique (CNRS/MC). These archival “windows into history,” shared exclusively with Handshouse for this educational project, help students and partners to see both into the original structure that burned in 2019 and to dive into the mind of the makers who cut the timbers in the 12th century by reawakening their process by hand. 

La Forêt Model has and will continue to be built and exhibited around the country as part of the larger Notre Dame de Paris Truss Project.

Handshouse Studio shares

“We believe collaboration is intrinsic to the effort to revive this iconic edifice and acknowledges the impact the loss of cultural heritage has on people around the world. The project is an educational community effort to celebrate traditional craftspeople, and an act of goodwill among neighbors in the enormous task of recovering lost cultural heritage.”

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A WEEK OF EVENTS

THE WORKSHOP!: September 28- October 4th, 2022

WHAT: Come be a part of it hands-on. Beginner and experienced carpenters are welcome!

WHERE: University of Georgia,  Lamar Dodd School of Art, Thomas Street Art Complex

Project Orientation: September 28, 2022, 8:00-10:30 AM

WHAT:  Jump in! Come help assemble the intricate La Forêt model and learn how you can be a part of building it. Refreshments will be provided.

WHERE: University of Georgia, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Thomas Street Art Complex

Open Studio: September 28 - October 3, 2022

WHAT: Don’t have time to join the workshop. Come on by. See LA FORÊT MODEL PROJECT WORKSHOP in action! 

WHERE: University of Georgia, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Thomas Street Art Complex

Short Shorts Film Festival and Open Studios: September 29, 2022, 6:30-9:00 PM

WHAT: Community event including film screening, faculty and graduate open studios, and display of in-progress La Forêt model.

WHERE: University of Georgia, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Thomas Street Art Complex

Closing Presentation and Exhibition: October 4, 2022 2pm-4pm

1. Presentation: The Notre Dame de Paris Truss Project: by Handshouse Studio Co-founders, Rick Brown and Laura Brown, and Executive Director Marie Brown

2. Exhibition: La Forêt Model :WORK IN PROGRESS: Model of the Notre-Dame de Paris roof framework, 1:10 scale, white oak, 2022,

WHERE: University of Georgia, Lamar Dodd School of Art atrium and room S151