Thinking With My Hands

A companion to Dry Stone Walling Across Canada

Monday, March 30, 2026

Cope Aesthetic

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A contractor asked me to do a proper dry stone wall, using stone from a local quarry, in front of a house that he had just finished building...
Friday, March 27, 2026

Driveby Compliments

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When I was just finishing up this new dry stone wall entrance gate we built last year, I was delighted to be approached by a lovely young la...
Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Balancing the Kapla-Sphere.

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There is a video of me on Instagram with a sphere I made for my granddaughter, out of Kapla blocks. It shows me lifting it up on to a tower ...
Thursday, March 19, 2026

Our Stoney Shelter

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Stone will always be our shelter. It protects us from all the other elements. It is the embodiment  the archetype of all matter. Its mass ha...
Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Connecting the stones

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Breaching at an angle towards the hedgerow,  this VW bug size specimen , this iceberg of a boulder , with its exposed surface , scarred with...
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President of DSWAC

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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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