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	<title>Cathedral of St. John the Baptist Restoration :: Charleston, South Carolina</title>
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		<title>Fun Pictures</title>
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Whew!  Our copper work is done, the lift is over and now we can concentrate more on other fun stuff!
We have been very fortunate to have met some great people and to have made  wonderful new friends during our time in Charleston.  One such person is pro photographer, Jeni Rone, of Sea Star Arts and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Lift</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our hearts skipped a beat as the beautiful copper spire was lifted to its home at the top of the cathedral.  What a sight it was to see and how incredible it made all of us feel!
At 151 feet (well, 167 including the cross) the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist is now one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Copper Pieces at the Cathedral</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re back!  Our pieces have been carefully trucked in from our Goose Creek workshop to the cathedral on Broad Street in downtown Charleston.
Tomorrow is the big day!  The tower lift!  We still owe you all some videos from previous posts&#8211;and they&#8217;re coming, but rest assured we&#8217;re making a video of this lift, too.  We&#8217;ll work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Finished Ornamental Copper Pieces</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Like we mentioned in the last post, we&#8217;ve got just a little bit of finishing details to wrap up upon our return in a couple of weeks.  But for the most part, our pieces are complete.
Video is on its way!
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		<title>We&#8217;re coming home!  (Well, we&#8217;ll be back&#8230;)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re heading back to our homes and office in Utah this evening, but we&#8217;ll be back here in a couple of weeks to finalize everything before the big, exciting lift.
Before we left, we fitted the finials to the lightning protections and finished the gilding on the collar at the base of the cross.  We have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lifting the Cross to the Top of the Spire</title>
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Our gorgeous ornate, gilt copper cross was lifted by crane to be fastened to the top of the copper spire today.  The cross is a creation of the artisans at Copper Exclusive.  Just to remind our readers who might not have been following us in past posts, the spire is NOT our work.  The amazing, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Gilding on the Copper Cross is Complete!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The gilding on the copper cross is finally complete!  You&#8217;ll notice a few areas around the copper collar that still have bare patches.  The reason for this is, the copper collar is the transition between the base of the cross and where it attaches to the spire underneath.  We still need to solder the pieces [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating the Veneer for the Tower</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you recall, we have mentioned in previous posts that we elected to use a veneer on the tower to keep the structure as light as possible.  The gallery in this post shows pictures of Hightower Construction craftsmen and engineers creating some of these pieces.
The molds are for the decorative elements.  The large, fiberglass pieces, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.stjohnthebaptistcathedralrestoration.com/general/1023/creating-the-veneer-for-the-tower/</link>
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		<title>Continuing the Gilding on the Copper Cross</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Got some more gilding pictures for you.  Things are progressing well.  Right now, we&#8217;re working on the detailed areas which take longer, but we should be completely done with the gilding on our copper cross in a couple of days.  Finished pictures to follow soon!
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		<title>More Top of the Archway Work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Though the weather has been less than cooperative, we&#8217;ve been plugging away at the top of the copper archway.  We&#8217;ve compiled some photos of a few of the recent details we crafted to show you what we&#8217;ve been up to.
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