Stones are at their best when they are ‘mobilized’. They can stay well-connected, yet need not be tightly regimented, that is, not forced to be locked together in an order that makes the whole thing totally immovable and uninteresting.
Fabrications boasting of manufactured adherents that last a lifetime all too often are lifeless and ugly.
By contrast, mobilized stones (not bolted or glued or stuck together with cement but placed skillfully and correctly) by themselves, are ones arranged so as to mesh together beautifully.
The stones will remain that way a long time, nestled in a state of connectivity. They all keep within their orbit, in constant structural conformity. They yield because they are placed together employing only the basic restraints of gravity and friction, thus allowing for a constant flow of invisible interactions. The wall is a kinetic work , never losing balance or uniformity.
The whole thing is stone mobile, dancing in an almost motionless embrace. A dry laid installation is not a ‘stalled’ one, not brittle or frozen. That which is made up of unfettered stones becomes a thing of beauty - a fluid sculpture held in place by the subtle forces of nature. Stones held together this way will always be something to behold.
The whole thing becomes a ‘moving’ experience.
