Hey all:

I got this email from a reader who read about a supposedly safe method
of obtaining rubbings from monuments. I don't know anything about it;
papier mache sounds like a bad idea to me---but I was hoping one of you
guys does. Anybody know of a way to do rubbings without harming the
stone? (or do we all do digital now?)

Kris

-----Original Message-----
From: Virginia G


Dear Kris,

I am hoping that you, or some one you know can help me.  I found the
method, "applying the squeeze", mentioned in a 11/21/03  Associated
Press Article titled: "Gospel Verse found on ancient Shrine".  The
method is a 19 th century technique of spreading a sort of papier mache
over a worn surface of a monument in order to be albe to read the
inscription. I would like to know more, because it sound's like a method
that could also be applied to reading worn gravestones in my family
history research. Thank you.

Ginny G

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K. Kris Hirst
The Wasteflake Project
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