{"id":2155,"date":"2011-05-21T00:11:33","date_gmt":"2011-05-21T04:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artisansofthevalley.com\/blog\/?p=2155"},"modified":"2011-05-21T00:30:45","modified_gmt":"2011-05-21T04:30:45","slug":"artisans-do-woodwork-at-statehouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artisansofthevalley.com\/blog\/artisans-do-woodwork-at-statehouse\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Artisans’ do woodwork at Statehouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Artisans of the Valley was featured this week in The Hopewell Valley News!<\/p>\n

May 19th, 2011<\/p>\n

Click Here to view the article ‘Artisans’ do work at the Statehouse<\/a>‘ by John Tredrea<\/p>\n

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Artisans of the Valley at the NJ Statehouse showing Michael Pietras and Eric M. Saperstein, photo by Jeannine Flynn<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201dWe work in the Senate and Assembly chambers and in the rest of the building,\u201d said 37-year-old Eric Saperstein, whose father, Stanley, started Artisans in the Valley years ago. \u201cWe\u2019re in there a few times a month. We maintain the finishes, carve and replace moldings that have been knocked off. The color matching of the finishes has to be very precise. Part of the work is to minimize future damage. If you don\u2019t maintain that kind of work, especially inlaid stuff, the carvings fall off. There\u2019s a myth that you\u2019re never supposed to touch antiques. That\u2019s not true. If you don\u2019t maintain them, they fall apart.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\t\t