2.41 Women’s Cheek End Workshop

2.41 Women’s Cheek End Workshop Overview:

Please Note: This is a women’s only version of the Cheek End Workshop

Whenever you’re building a wall, sooner or later it must come to an end. A cheek end is the typical way to end a wall. It is also called a wall end, wall head, or square end. Cheek ends are a particular challenge to build well. Structurally, cheeks are the most vulnerable part of a wall, so it is important to get them right.

Workshop Objective:

To reinforce and build on the basic principles and techniques of dry stone walling and provide a good understanding of how to build a strong cheekend.

Learning Outcomes:

• You can describe how the five basic rules of dry stone walling work to create a strong vertical wall end.
• You can explain how to use stringlines and batter frames to create straight and even wall faces.
• You can identify appropriate stones to use in cheek ends and discuss appropriate placement.
• You can discuss how to manage materials and workspace for safety and efficiency.

A two-day cheek rebuild provides you with a first hands-on exposure to this fundamental walling skill. Working with a partner, you dismantle and rebuild a freestanding vertical wall end on a freestanding wall about 54 inches tall. You grade and sort stone in preparation for a build. You set up batter frames and stringlines. You learn to plan ahead in order to use each stone to its maximum value. By the end of day two, you and your partner will have built a structurally stable cheek end. Without doubt, you will each take home skills to leverage in many features you might build in the future.

A Cheek Rebuild workshop is a must for all of you walling professionally. DSWA Level 2 Waller Certification is the global standard for professional dry stone walling, the level at which you can feel confident offering your services. Your clientele knows they can count on your expertise. As for you people with projects, you will also want to know what to do when your wall comes to an end! If you are considering becoming a teacher of dry stone walling, please also come to learn to build a cheek. The skills you learn building a vertical wall end help you accommodate arches, lunkeys, stiles, and other structures you may wish to build into your walls.

The Cheek Rebuild workshop runs simultaneously with the Two-Day Introduction to Dry Stone Walling. You will be building the wall end while beginning wallers build the faces. What a great way to experience time on the wall!

Come learn from certified waller-teachers, most of whom earn their livelihoods as dry stone walling professionals. All Stone Trust instructors have achieved DSWA Level 2 Waller Certification, globally recognized as the professional standard. As Stone Trust-DSWA-certified instructors, all belong to a learning community that seeks to ensure that every one of you learns what you came for and that you enjoy the process. With a student : instructor ratio of 8 : 1, you can count on plenty of direct interaction with your teachers. Introductory workshops tend to include up to sixteen participants working with two experienced waller-teachers.

• 2-day workshop.
• Each day the workshop will run 9:00am-5:00pm with 1/2 hour lunch break.
• Participants should wear boots and work clothes (have plenty of layers for cool weather)
• What to bring:  gloves, rain gear, safety glasses, water, and lunch.  (There is no where close enough to buy lunch with in the lunch break)
• All tools needed are provided.
• Participants are welcome to bring stone shaping tools they already own.

Landscape Architects receive 15 LA CES credits for taking this workshop

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