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We choose to work as dry stone wallers because it lasts for centuries when built properly by trained and certified dry stone waller/masons. Currently I am certified by the Dry Stone Conservancy in...
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Our current project which we started in December 2010 had a failing mortared wall, in 3 different styles as it ran 170' down the driveway .We went to Montana and selected an Argolyte/ Slate which we...
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We have been on the current project for roughly 11 months and laid up more than 180 tons in a variety of functions. In the above image, the down hill wall end finally came to conclusion after I located...
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Granite Curbing for Cobble Stone Driveway
At some point during this project our client decided upon a cobble stone driveway to replace the failing asphalt driveway. Our parameters were that we use the correct material for the site( granite or...
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Thinking outside the Pallet...Huckleberry Basalt on a palletMost stone sold today in stone yards comes palletized, or is brought in bulk from local quarries. Either way the material is delivered in a...
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Splitting Stone...
Most stones we work with need shaping to fit a certain need. Most shaping we are able to do with a hammer if the stone is of a small scale and a cooperative material. But sometimes the stone is too...
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April Bellingham project image update....In this image of the front entry I installed a beautiful piece of red cedar old growth burl from Lake Quinault Washington. It is amazing. It is in near perfect...
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Installation in Austin Texas for the Sustain Center
A few months ago my co-worker Gary Henderson and I traveled to Austin Texas to build a dry stone installation. We built this display for my friend Tracen Gardner who owns Sustain Center. It is a...
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Montana Slates...
Working with Montana Slates...A friend of mine and I were talking about the different materials we were using for our projects the other day, and we thought it would be a good topic for our blogs to...
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StoneFest 2012 at Marenakos!
StoneFest is right around the corner! I love participating with all these stone centric people!This year should be fun as we have lots of great instructors and projects for everyone to work...
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Dry Stone Gothic Arch project
Dry Stone Gothic ArchI have to start here with these cantilevered stairs before I talk about the arch. These wind up the hill to the arch with the retaining wall eventually turning into a low fence/...
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Angled or Wedge Retaining dry stone wall
It all started with an unruly slope, bad access to the street from the house, and a poorly built dry stone wall......We started by taking up the concrete path through the trees to the street, and...
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Transitional Dry Stone Elements
Transitional Dry stone elements in the landscape help us read and move through it more smoothly, flowing from one point to the next. They strengthen connections between plantings and...
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StoneFest 2013overview of details.... looking back Nick Fairplay & Patrick McAffee looks sum up the weeks hard work.It was an amazing week of transferring knowledge in stone to students, to...
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Foundations for walls & related elements.... Dry stone fence, limestone, Kentucky. Image by Mark Jurus.Why do these dry stone structures last so long? Luck? Lack of exposure to extreme elements?...
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Stone by stone...Each project we start begins with one stone. It sets the tone for all others that follow in response to it's mathematical proportions and character. Generally I like to start with a...
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Curiosity & Creativity
Our relationship to stone starts with need, function, safety, shelter, tools, longevity, and is evolved through the masons skill, creativity, and curiosity. Anyone who mindfully sets one stone upon...
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The Chapel Project 2019-202?
The ChapelA replica of a 14th century Irish chapel-St. MacDara's islandMid-winter of 2018/2019 a client contacted me in Satsop Washington to ask if i did mortared work, particularly could I build him a...
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