Medieval Wood riving – An attempt to recreate craftmanship

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  The movie describes an attemt to split a thirteen meter long log of pine tree. The riving was done by radial cuts. The original was founded in the spire of the church of Hardemo southwest of Örebro city in the province of Närke. The church was built approximately between 1180 – 1220. These rafts are produced from the log by a me... The movie describes an attemt to split a thirteen meter long log of pine tree. The riving was done by radial cuts. The original was founded in the spire of the church of Hardemo southwest of Örebro city in the province of Närke. The church was built approximately between 1180 – 1220. These rafts are produced from the log by a method which never been documented before. One side of the rafts are raw sapwood which is rare in churches from the Middle age. All woodworking are done with tools who are modelled on archaeological findings. The felling and riving of the tree are performed with a few axes and tools.
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• Identifier OLM-F-2018-1-2
• Avbildad - namn
  • Eriksson, Daniel
  • Melin, Kalle
  • Bygdén, Bengt
  • Nilsson, Jakob
• Avbildad, ort Sverige Närke Örebro Kumla Hardemo Hardemo kyrka
• Avbildad, ort Sverige Västergötland Jönköping Mullsjö Ryfors
• Indexing term Hantverk Medeltid Timmermän Träarbete Träbearbetning Medieval Wood Riven Medieval woodworking Medieval churches Medevial roof project Medevial heritage
• Subject ”the movie Medieval Wood Riven describe a experiment grounded from the Medieval roofing project. The project are financed by the Swedish church- Strängnäs. The movie was recorded 29 March until 1 April 2016 in Ryfors, Mullsjö, Sweden
• Type Video

• Materials and techniques Svenska, eng text.
• Dimensions Längd 6:23 minutes