TERRAPIN LANDSCAPES (Maine) — Terrapin Landscapes is a full-service outfit specializing in design, installation, and maintenance of quality hardscapes and softscapes. Over the last five years they have established a presence in the dry stone community with multiple projects that have incorporated dry stone walls and columns, as well as various dry stone features. Terrapin…
Talking about planning ahead I had intended to end this series in this issue with a final instalment, not so much about planning, rather covering a couple of bits missing from the first three installments, often of an analytical and theoretical nature, or tangents to them which did not seem to fit properly at the…
JOHN SANDRI (New Hampshire) — John holds a Level 1 certification with the DSWA. He works with his skilled team of stone masons — including Level 2 and aspiring Level 3 masons— to create works primarily from local fieldstone and granite. John enjoys the challenge of blending structural work with the more randomly coursed work…
In part one (Stonechat 26: Summer 2012) I suggested that “poor grading can become what is in effect a self-fuelled inevitability” . This was developed in part 2 when we looked at the tendency to place large stones alongside and on top of each other leading to grouping. This however does not just apply to…
VICTORIA MERRIMAN (New Hampshire) — Victoria Merriman transitioned into stone masonry in 2019 after twenty years of working in website design. Founder of Friction and Gravity LLC, Victoria designs and builds custom stone hardscapes incorporating walls, flatwork, and other features. She holds DSWA Level 2 certification and a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Design from Harvard…
