Artist Hugh Pocock contacted us as part of his research into materials apt for fencing about an acre of land, No Man’s Land, fencing to last more than one hundred years. We shared thoughts about the value of stone fences in terms of aesthetics, durability, habitat creation, and low-carbon footprint. We noted that many First…
Author: Amy-Louise Pfeffer
Tools and Books Our Women Professional Dry Stone Wallers Recommend
Kim Coggin tells us: If you are just getting started in the craft, there are a range of basics tools that you will need. First, I highly recommend a book what we wallers call “the Bible”. It’s Dry Stone Walling: A Practical Handbook by Alan Brooks & Sean Adcock. Outstanding source of information for DIY, wallers,…
American Stone Craft: Aside from a wall, what else can you create from harvested stones?
Gerald, from American Stonecraft, got in touch with this message: We are using the same rocks so I think the audience would love learning about us. Indeed, while friends of The Stone Trust harvest stones to build walls, American Stonecraft partners with farmers to harvest stones to turn into functional artifacts in the household landscape.…
March Waller of the Month: Luke Bonang
BRIAN POST (Vermont) started building walls at age 10. Brian achieved his DSWA-GB Master Craftsman certification in 2016, 11 years after he took his initial level walling test. In that time Brian also became a licensed landscape architect and started his own firm, Standing Stone LLC. Over the past decade he has served many roles…
Historical Perspectives on the COVID-19 Pandemic and 1918 Influenza Pandemic
Because so many of our friends take a long-run view of life on Earth, we thought you might like to peruse this article from the American Journal of Public Health: Historical Perspectives on the COVID-19 Pandemic and 1918 Influenza Pandemic.
2021 Workshops for Self-Identifying Women
Women represent slightly more than one-quarter of all the people who have participated in Stone Trust workshops since 2014, so clearly co-educational instruction works well. But especially in the trades, traditionally male-dominated fields, many women enjoy the comfort of learning from women in a female environment. So we offer women’s workshops! Our 2021 schedule includes…
Master Class: Technical Specifications for Simple Retaining Walls
For practical purposes, retaining walls may be divided into two types: “domestic” walls, under 1.5m in height and not subject to heavy loading such as field walls with a substantial difference in ground level on either side, garden retaining walls or ha-ha. These notes refer to these “domestic” walls.
The Stone Trust Entry-Level Professional Pathway Scholarship
What is the change The Stone Trust wants to see in the world? We want people in communities across the continent to be able to preserve the stone work that exists as part of their cultural heritage. We also want them to build durable, energy-efficient stone work into their contemporary landscapes. And we want people…
Dry Stone Wall Art: Beginning to Understand Dry Stone Walls in the Landscape
2021 Workshops in Nashville, TN: Learn the basics at one of four 2-Day Intros
You may know that we have added a Stone Trust workshop site in Nashville, TN. Certified Stone Trust instructor Martin Beevers leads four workshops spaced across the season at The Land in the Kingston Springs area of Nashville. Together we intend this site to continue to develop capacity over the next several years to offer…