FRAN HAMMOND (Pennsylvania) is a DSWA-GB Level II Certified Waller and owner of Morning Dew Stonework and Landscape. Fran loves the harmony that can be created with natural stone and plant material.
Category: Waller of the Month
April Waller of the Month: Luke Bonang
LUKE BONANG (Vermont) grew up in the mountains of southern Vermont where he became naturally familiar working with his hands at a young age under the tutelage of his father, a carpenter. Luke graduated from the University of Vermont in 2003 and pursued his passion for snow sports by moving to Mammoth Lakes, CA. Upon…
May Waller of the Month: Jared Grant
March Waller of the Month: Dario Coletta
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…
February Waller of the Month: Matthew Norton
January Waller of the Month: Andrew Pighills
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.
Waller of the month: Brian Post
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.
Waller of the month: Jared Grant
Waller of the month: TJ Mora
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.…
Waller of the month: Dave Fielder
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…