Join the Wooden Artifacts Group, Monday June 10th at 12 EST, for the second session of its online webinar series. Dr. Geoffrey Killen will present on Ancient Eqyptian Woodworking and the techniques and tools used by Egyptian carpenters. A discussion will follow with Q&A from the audience.
Egyptian carpenters used a wide range of tools, techniques and processes to create products that were manufactured to serve the needs of Egyptian society. Egyptians exploited all the products of the tree, its wood for constructional work, leaves for fodder, basketry and matting. Locally sourced woods were used from an early period but the variable quality of these timbers led Egyptians to venture beyond their borders to source better quality material.
Originally tree trunks were cleaved into boards by driving wedges into the tree's grain. However, advances in metallurgy and the development of metal woodwork tools made it possible to accurately convert boards by sawing down the tree trunk. Egyptian carpenters also developed a range of sophisticated woodwork joints and tools and they also mastered the techniques of gluing, veneering, inlaying, marquetry and parquetry as well as experimenting with woodturning.
This event is open to WAG and AIC members for free and $10 for nonmembers. The Zoom webinar will have automated captioning in English.
Register Here!
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Elly Stewart Davis
Graduate Fellow (Class of 2024)
Patricia H. and Richard E. Garman Art Conservation Department State University of New York College at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo State)
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