Saturday, May 26, 2012

Discovering an amazing piece of my ancestory

We are back from Europe and it was an amazing 10 day adventure.  The highlight of the trip was visiting and seeing the church where my great-grandfather on my dad's side was married.  The church was built around 1100 A.D.!!  We were very lucky because the church is still active and was even unlocked.  I was hoping that I could get some impressions so I took cold clay mold with me and I was successful! 

The mold on the left, which looks like a chevron is from the oldest part of the church.  The mold on the lower right is from the wall behind where my great-grandparents stood to be married.  The top mold was from a very interesting structure within the church.

I'm going to take the lower right mold and make a piece for my mom, sister, & I from silver, copper, or bronze clay and my hope is that the piece will become an heirloom.

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