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LOGGER'S SHEET LOGGER: Susie Miller REEL NUMBER: 2 Side B STAGE: Cultural Conservation DATE: June 28, 1986 PRESENTOR: Jane Beck GROUP NAME: The Workshop Community: Stone Carvers REGION/STYLE: Barre, Vermont | PERFORMER(S) | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION | |Angelo Ambrosini| Stone carvers |Gino Sassi| |Eleanor Sassi| CONTENTS 1. Intro - history of the granite industry & Barre, Vermont. where the stone carvers came from - Italy. 2. Angelo - in the granite business for 37 years, learned from his father who came from Northern Italy. tells history of his father 3. 4. Gino - in the granite business for 38 years, tells of his history starting in the business, talks about his son Gary, very proud of his artistic ability; lost a lot of sculptors over the years, there are only 12 left. 5. 6. 7. Angelo - first started just learning how to use the tools worked side by side with a master sculptor named Marselli. 8. 9. Shows a model of a "dough boy" made by his father. 10. Gino - worked with straight steel tools which needed grinding constantly. Now they have carbide tools; 11. 12. Jane - mentions about a disease that granite dust can cause. not such a problem now because of suction hoses they use. 13. Angelo - describes the types of tools they use in the industry.