Word: fiorentini
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Dates: during 2009-2009
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...Fiorentini has a deep respect for history and artifact, a quality he considers important for his work. Indeed, the somber Old Burying Ground, lodged in the bustling city—between two historic churches and an upscale pizzeria—is saturated with narratives of Cambridge’s past...
Grazing sheep have been replaced with ambling tourists, strolling in between the graves and searching for a flavor of Cambridge’s history. Yet, Fiorentini complains that the sacred ground is ill-treated by some of the graveyard’s current visitors. He notes that when he comes to work, he sometimes finds Smirnoff liquor bottles or cans of Bud Light littering the cemetery, or even uprooted gravestones on occasion...
...This is not acceptable” Fiorentini says, shaking his head sadly. “This place needs to be taken care of more often...
...Fiorentini has developed a complex restoration process. Before he start cleaning a piece of a gravestone, he injects it with resin to stabilize it. Then after a few days he cleans the piece “section by section, without removing anything.” Next he begins to repair and fill any damage with the appropriate kind of mortar. After that comes the final measure, which Fiorentini calls “consolidation.” He describes this ultimate step as the one that looks towards the future...
After the compound is applied, Fiorentini washes the piece with a low pressure power washer, waits 15 to 30 minutes and repeats the process about three times. Then he tests the grave to make sure that the stone can “breathe,” which means that it will be able to release the pollutants that may seep into it due to acid rain and smog...