DARIO COLETTA (Massachusetts) has spent the last 10 years or so designing and building in dry stone in the western part of the state. He holds Level II DSWA-GB Certification. Dario writes: “The Stone Trust has really been the key for my continuing improvement and dedication to the fine art of stonework. Every visit to…
ANDREW PIGHILLS (Connecticut) was born in Yorkshire, England. His formal horticulture training started at The Royal Horticultural Society at Harlow Carr Gardens in Harrogate Yorkshire, and has spent several decades creating gardens and building dry stone walls in his native England, in and around the spectacular Yorkshire Dales and the English Lake District.
BRIAN POST (Vermont) starting building walls at age 10, and in 2005 spent 4 months in England, Scotland and Wales apprenticing with several wallers and DSWA-GB Master Craftsmen. He gained his Initial level certification while he was there. Brian achieved DSWA-GB, Master Craftsman certification in 2016 at The Stone Trust.
TJ MORA (Vermont) is owner of Mora Stone in South Londonderry, VT. He is a Professional Member of the DSWA-GB and has achieved his Level 2 DSWA certification. TJ specializes in hand-built stone features using traditional dry construction methods including moving large stones without heavy machinery. He even still uses some of his grandfather’s tools.…
DAVE FIELDER (Massachusetts) began working with stone in 1995. “My father and I rebuilt an old stone barn on the west coast of Scotland, later that summer I was fortunate enough to work with Dave Goulder [DSWA Master Craftsman] on a farm wall near his home in Rose Hall, Scotland. It was here that I…
