{"id":22758,"date":"2019-05-21T17:33:17","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T16:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=22758"},"modified":"2019-05-21T17:33:17","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T16:33:17","slug":"ihbc-cpd-boost-and-case-study-out-of-context-and-inside-scotland-on-thatching-techniques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=22758","title":{"rendered":"IHBC \u2018CPD Boost\u2019 and case study \u2013 out of Context and inside Scotland \u2013 on \u2018Thatching techniques\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22759 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Context_158_Highland_Folk_Museum_thatching.png\" alt=\"person and thatched roof\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" \/>In a case study of the rethatching of a Hebridean blackhouse in <a href=\"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/context\/158\/30\/\"><em>Context<\/em> 158<\/a>, the IHBC Context\u2019s \u2018Highlands and islands\u2019 issue, Matthew Withey invites readers to consider how investing in traditional materials helps support endangered craft skills, and develop insights into construction in a challenging climate.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: Context 158, p29<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Highland Folk Museum in Badenoch contains a replica blackhouse, which is one of the museum\u2019s most popular exhibits.\u00a0 The museum provides a home for Isabel Grant\u2019s unique collection of Highland material culture, formally recognised by Museums Galleries Scotland and the Scottish Government as being of national significance. Although the blackhouse was a reconstruction, when the museum moved from the village of Kingussie to Newtonmore in 2014, the reconstructed blackhouse moved too!<\/p>\n<p>Following on from a need to repair the structure after the move, this property provides an interesting case study into the use of traditional skills; Historic Environment Scotland\u2019s Engine Shed undertook a joint-working model with the museum to enable the rethatching using traditional techniques and materials.<\/p>\n<p>Educational outreach and research placements took place within the context of the work, media attention was gained from BBC Alba, and The Highland Folk Museum has been able to supply the Engine Shed with much valuable data over the last year on the performance of the thatch in response to the heavy snows of the \u2018Beast from the East\u2019 in early 2018, and the unseasonably hot weather that followed later that year.\u00a0 A valuable insight into the multi-angled benefits of investing in the repair of traditionally constructed properties.<\/p>\n<p>View the article in <a href=\"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/context\/158\/30\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Context 158<\/a><\/p>\n<p>View more information on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highlifehighland.com\/highlandfolkmuseum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Highland Folk Museum<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find out more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engineshed.scot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Engine Shed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>IHBC NewsBlogs on <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?s=thatch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thatching<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a case study of the rethatching of a Hebridean blackhouse in Context 158, the IHBC Context\u2019s \u2018Highlands and islands\u2019 issue, Matthew Withey invites readers to consider how investing in traditional materials helps support endangered craft skills, and develop insights &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=22758\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22758"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22760,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22758\/revisions\/22760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}