Saturday, 29 April 2017
Dates for your Diary
The next Group Survey Day will be the 4th October 2017. Please don't let the gap between now and October put you off coming into the Cathedral, grabbing a fluorescent jacket - we know how to draw attention to ourselves - and having a look for graffiti. Please let me know what you find, ideally by sending in your survey sheet and photographs.
Friday, 28 April 2017
Sunday, 23 April 2017
All about the Salisbury Cathedral Graffiti Survey
Purpose:
The aim of the Salisbury Cathedral Graffiti Survey is to is to assess, survey and record the extent and typology of graffiti that exists in the Cathedral. The results of the survey will form a Cathedral database and also be used to inform external agencies.
Duration:
The Graffiti Survey is an element of the Cathedrals 800th Anniversary Programme and is a three year project that will report substantially by September 2020.
Scope:
Graffiti surveying will be centred on three main areas: The Floor of the Cathedral, the roof spaces and Tower, the Cloisters and Chapter House.
Survey Team:
Teams of volunteer surveyors drawn from both Cathedral volunteers and staff, and also members of the Sarum DFAS (Decorative and Fine Art Society) met twice per month during the Winter Season for formal recording sessions, augmented by individual visits. The Survey is Directed by a Cathedral volunteer: Stephen Dunn
Methodology:
Surveying requires a detailed inspection of all accessible surfaces using lamps and torches. All graffiti is measured and photographed. Larger examples, particularly of architectural drawings are measured and drawn. Each area surveyed will be examined at least three times by different surveyors over the course of the Programme in order to ensure that everything present has been seen and recorded.
Torches and scales are provided although individual surveyors have provided their own camera.
Communications:
The Survey has a Facebook page and an online presence in the form of a dedicated blog. Hopefully much of the detail on the latter format will migrate to the Cathedral’s website in due course.
The aim of the Salisbury Cathedral Graffiti Survey is to is to assess, survey and record the extent and typology of graffiti that exists in the Cathedral. The results of the survey will form a Cathedral database and also be used to inform external agencies.
Duration:
The Graffiti Survey is an element of the Cathedrals 800th Anniversary Programme and is a three year project that will report substantially by September 2020.
Scope:
Graffiti surveying will be centred on three main areas: The Floor of the Cathedral, the roof spaces and Tower, the Cloisters and Chapter House.
Survey Team:
Teams of volunteer surveyors drawn from both Cathedral volunteers and staff, and also members of the Sarum DFAS (Decorative and Fine Art Society) met twice per month during the Winter Season for formal recording sessions, augmented by individual visits. The Survey is Directed by a Cathedral volunteer: Stephen Dunn
Methodology:
Surveying requires a detailed inspection of all accessible surfaces using lamps and torches. All graffiti is measured and photographed. Larger examples, particularly of architectural drawings are measured and drawn. Each area surveyed will be examined at least three times by different surveyors over the course of the Programme in order to ensure that everything present has been seen and recorded.
Torches and scales are provided although individual surveyors have provided their own camera.
Communications:
The Survey has a Facebook page and an online presence in the form of a dedicated blog. Hopefully much of the detail on the latter format will migrate to the Cathedral’s website in due course.
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Purpose: The aim of the Salisbury Cathedral Graffiti Survey is to is to assess, survey and record the extent and typology of graffiti that...