We made this miniature dry stacked wood block arch last weekend. It was strong enough that I could virtually stand on it too. Who needs Photoshop?
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President of the DSWAC
- John Shaw-Rimmington
- I am a person who builds dry stone walls and bridges and thinks a lot about how to get other people discovering what a satisfying occupation it can be. I am founder and president of Dry Stone Walling Across Canada www.dswa.ca and an avid supporter of the idea of sharing knowledge freely and learning from others.
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Nice John. You are ascending to a higher state, you have great kung-fu! :)
ReplyDeleteJohn - I just came across your wonderful blog while doing research for a series of paintings I am doing titled "The Stones Speak." Could you clarify the definition of heartstones for me? I believe that I read that it was the tiny stones used as fill in dry walling...I love it as the name of a painting but don't want to mess it up! I blog or you may email me at art@cindymichaud.com. Many thanks. more later
ReplyDeleteHi Cindy
ReplyDeleteDid I ever get back to you about your question of heart stones?
Hearting refers to the careful packing of interior stones in a dry stone wall.
The bigger stones are usually shimmed and pinned by heart stones to keep them in place and aligned properly.
A good wall is built with these smaller interior stones each placed individually by hand.
There is no way one can just dump fill or rubble into the inside of a wall and do it with any heart.
How did your painting turn out?
John
You might like to check out this blog entry.
http://thinking-stoneman.blogspot.com/2011/11/shim.html