The ideal outcome of this feasibility study, a systematic and methodical approach for documenting and recording the structures and conditions of a fragile and deteriorating folk art environment resulting in the stabilization, repair and conservation of Grandma Prisbrey’s Bottle Village. A rapid conditions assessment survey was developed to document the current state of four extant structures through detailed analysis. A study of the materials such as glass, cement mortar and wood, and an evaluation of their deterioration mechanisms will provide a broader understanding of the exhibited building pathologies. In addition, the lack of regular maintenance and constant shortfall of funding have contributed to the deteriorated state of the site. Since this time, the structurally unstable Bottle Village has remained closed to the public. They help us remember you and your personal choices. These files are crucial for the proper functioning of all FunPay sites and services. In 1994 an earthquake centered 18 miles from Bottle Village caused irreversible damage to the integrity of the glass bottle structures. FunPay uses essential, technical, analytical, marketing, and other cookies. Bottle Village sits in a seismically active area of Southern California. The evaluation of current conditions and deterioration patterns at Bottle Village is of paramount importance for its preservation. Over the next eighteen years she continued erecting small buildings, fountains, sculptures, a mosaic walkway and flower wells, slowly encompassing the entire 1/3 acre site in recycled sculpture and architecture. In 1951, Tressa Prisbrey (1896 – 1988) began constructing life-size structures made from glass bottles, cement mortar, and numerous found objects. Grandma Prisbrey’s Bottle Village is one of few remaining female built folk art environments in California and the United States.
Grandma Prisbrey’s Bottle Village - Simi Valley, CA
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