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Notre Dame - craftsmanship at it’s best

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I’m currently on Eurostar heading back from Paris.

I was particularly looking forward to seeing the restored Notre Dame.

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Mistakenly I thought the reopening had meant it was done but the work is still very much underway.

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The towers will reopen in late September which should (I was told) mean more of the work undertaken by the woodworkers will be seen.

The workmanship and scale of what has been achieved is stunning.

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I know it’s been discussed on here before and thought I’d share this link which gives an English version of some of the restoration story that is on show. Hopefully they will have a permanent and more detailed display of the work in due course.

www.calameo.com

RNDP Expo Rue Du Cloitre Calameo A4 EN V3

Notre-Dame de Paris worksite and the specialist skills applied •
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And a couple of pictures of the carpenters at work …

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We were there a couple of weeks ago. A cardinal (?) had inconsideratly died and his funeral was going on, so we had to return in the afternoon. Pretty impressive, and good to see that such things can still be done.
 
BigMonka said:
I really enjoyed the BBC documentary on the rebuilding as the carpentry, using ancient techniques, is just a joy to see.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m0016z46/rebuilding-notredame
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We've just finished watching this and I agree, it's an excellent documentary. I think they could have cut out most/all of Lucy Worsley talking to camera and it would have been a bit better but it was nice to see that they actually covered a decent amount of detail of some of the work. Thanks for the recommendation.
 
Dr.Al said:
We've just finished watching this and I agree, it's an excellent documentary. I think they could have cut out most/all of Lucy Worsley talking to camera and it would have been a bit better but it was nice to see that they actually covered a decent amount of detail of some of the work. Thanks for the recommendation.
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Agreed! Introduce the presenter at the beginning, then just show us what they are talking about.
 
TV programmes are largely speaking made by the sort of people who are most interested in people, not tools, buildings or craftmanship. So a predictable outcome. It seems to happen whenever craftsmanship features on TV - the slow TV that kept getting distracted by the craftsman's foorwear, his wife hanging out the washing, etc. Dare I remind you of "Britain's best Woodworker" ?
 
Sheffield Tony said:
TV programmes are largely speaking made by the sort of people who are most interested in people, not tools, buildings or craftmanship. So a predictable outcome. It seems to happen whenever craftsmanship features on TV - the slow TV that kept getting distracted by the craftsman's foorwear, his wife hanging out the washing, etc. Dare I remind you of "Britain's best Woodworker" ?
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The Notre Dame one seemed a lot better than the average (in particular I thought they showed the lead sheet casting process really well), but there was a bit of that frustration of "show me what he's doing in the background there!".
 
Sheffield Tony said:
TV programmes are largely speaking made by the sort of people who are most interested in people, not tools, buildings or craftmanship. So a predictable outcome. It seems to happen whenever craftsmanship features on TV - the slow TV that kept getting distracted by the craftsman's foorwear, his wife hanging out the washing, etc. Dare I remind you of "Britain's best Woodworker" ?
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I remember watching a series of craft shows that were interesting, but constantly included unrelated scenes like hanging the washing, a butterfly on a flower, a spider in the corner of a dusty window, and so on. One of the shows was about a guy who made Windsor chairs, but the relevant scenes were interrupted by unrelated scenes.
 
Tv programmes are of course generally made with an objective to maximise the viewing figures. I'd wager a shilling that the ideal programme for someone frequenting woodworking forums would have more technical detail than the majority of viewers would want.

Thanks @Dr.Al for the reminder about the Lucy Worsley programme - I've seen it before but good to watch again.
 
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