Handshouse Studio is a 501c3 non-profit founded in 2002.
Donations are tax-deductible. Our tax-id number is 04-3715575.

A GIFT AND A GESTURE OF GLOBAL SOLIDARITY

Handshouse Studio is leading a project to explore the history and cultural heritage embodied in “La Forêt”, the complex system of wooden timbers that once supported the roof of Notre-Dame de Paris before they were all tragically burned in 2019.

In 2021, Handshouse Studio organized a team of traditional carpenters, architects and students from across the US to build an accurate full-scale reconstruction Truss #6--one of the oldest trusses that once held the roof above the sacred spaces of Notre-Dame cathedral, using the tools, methods, and materials that would have been available to the original makers.

The Notre-Dame de Paris Truss Project is a hands-on educational endeavor to reawaken awareness of the history of this lost historic object and the story of the craftspeople who made it. We believe collaboration is intrinsic to the effort to revive this iconic edifice and acknowledges the impact of this loss of cultural heritage to people around the world. Our effort is intended as a statement of solidarity with our fellow traditional crafts people and an act of goodwill among neighbors.

We wish to share our truss reconstruction as a “gift” to France and the collective effort to rebuild Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral.

YOUR DONATION MAKES IT POSSIBLE

Your tax deductible donation to the Notre-Dame de Paris Truss project campaign will go 100% to making the project happen.

Your donation will:

Help sponsor a skilled traditional carpenter: We have invited skilled crafts people from across the US to come together to reconstruct, demonstrate, and present the skills needed to build Notre-Dame de Paris using the same methods and materials as it was originally made. 

Help feed and house our volunteers who are generously donating their time to help make this project happen on everything from project management, sharing of professional skills, offering of educational workshops, demonstrations, and presentations of this history.

Help Make History with your tax deductible donation to the Handshouse Studio: Notre-Dame de Paris Truss Project today.

If you'd like to learn more about the project our work, how you can get involved, please reach out to Executive Director, Marie Brown.

Handshouse Studio is a 501c3 non-profit founded in 2002.
Donations are tax-deductible. Our tax-id number is 04-3715575.

HANDSHOUSE STUDIO is an internationally recognized non-profit educational organization that creates adventurous hands-on projects with communities, institutions, and partners around the world as a way to illuminate history, understand science, and perpetuate the arts.

Handshouse projects are remarkable learning adventures — ranging from making historic Gourd Banjos, to designing and building Toys for Elephants and Monkeys, exploring histories of the woven Rainbow Bridges of China, the art and structure of the Trojan Horse, and the structure and symbolism in the lost wooden synagogues of Europe.

Handshouse projects rely on the power of the collective mind and the collaborative support of a community. Through partnerships with prominent organizations, students, and experts from around the globe, Handshouse creates signature project-based workshops that investigate history, enhance the understanding of science, and illuminate the arts.

Handshouse Studio is a 501c3 non-profit founded in 2002.
Donations are tax-deductible. Our tax-id number is 04-3715575.