tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441717290032747511.post7074007858586276360..comments2023-10-09T06:34:18.351-04:00Comments on Thinking With My Hands: # 13 A dry stone wall doesn't.... John Shaw-Rimmingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13895554934613575227noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441717290032747511.post-11684268061667415452012-08-21T08:23:39.936-04:002012-08-21T08:23:39.936-04:00Using the difficult stone and making a perfectly s...Using the difficult stone and making a perfectly structural wall with it is far more impressive and aesthetically interesting than using an easily shaped stone material and then over working it so much as to make it a uniformly uninteresting wall , one that may then mistakenly be identified as being a 'better' quality of workmanship .John Shaw-Rimmingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13895554934613575227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441717290032747511.post-82893545970238229902012-08-20T18:38:01.190-04:002012-08-20T18:38:01.190-04:00I couldn't agree more. I see a lot of stone wo...I couldn't agree more. I see a lot of stone workers that build all their walls the same and think there is only one way to lay the stone up. Matt Sevignyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306728618900514061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-441717290032747511.post-28439335081178004812012-08-16T00:02:54.079-04:002012-08-16T00:02:54.079-04:00Not every stone wall needs to be showing a sombre ...Not every stone wall needs to be showing a sombre face looking uniform. There's too much personality in rock for every wall to conform to rules and regulations concerning aesthetics. If it is built structurally sound with good hearting and soul than it will far more lend itself to being photographed in someone's memory if not camera.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com