Cathedral of St. John the Baptist Restoration :: Charleston, South Carolina » stone veneer http://www.stjohnthebaptistcathedralrestoration.com Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:04:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Creating the Veneer for the Tower http://www.stjohnthebaptistcathedralrestoration.com/general/1023/creating-the-veneer-for-the-tower/ http://www.stjohnthebaptistcathedralrestoration.com/general/1023/creating-the-veneer-for-the-tower/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:26:51 +0000 Jesse Rhodes http://www.stjohnthebaptistcathedralrestoration.com/?p=1023 Artisans from Hightower Construction create the veneer ornaments for the tower.

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, created by Hightower Boatworks, will be fit into the corners of the copper arch bow.  We have included a draft of the finished piece as the last photo in this gallery to better illustrate how these items relate to the rest of the tower.

This phase of the project has been quite messy, but all our hours creating this veneer and these fiberglass pieces will culminate into a well-designed and beautiful result.

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