Thinking With My Hands

A companion to Dry Stone Walling Across Canada

Monday, October 31, 2016

Stone steps don't have to be boring #4

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But they shouldn't be this scary either !! These stone steps and walls are just down the street from us. I think they may be on t...
Sunday, October 30, 2016

Stone steps don't have to be boring #3

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Style stone steps are clever and often a very stylish way of getting up into and over things. These style steps lead you up to...
Saturday, October 29, 2016

Stone steps don't have to be boring # 2

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Though cut and bored out of this huge rock with primitive hand tools, these stone steps are far from boring The rock with its amazin...
Friday, October 28, 2016

Dry stone steps don't have to be boring. #1

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Here's a unique and well executed concept that transforms the utilitarian aspect of 'stone steps' into a clever and visually ...
Thursday, October 27, 2016

How many boulders in 1 lb?

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"Roughly 9, but depending on how the boulders crumble, there could be more  or less." Says Kimmie on their FAQ webpage " But...
Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Mission Accomplished

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I had a challenging and yet very rewarding time teaching a workshop last weekend in Truro Nova Scotia. Garden manager Darwin Carr ...
Monday, October 24, 2016

Arch Friends

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We were thrilled to the bone to finish our wall and garden arch yesterday. What a team. More pics tomorrow 
Sunday, October 23, 2016

Drenched to the bone.

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A 10:30 am pic and a 4:30 pm pic. A 54 foot long wet/dry stone wall workshop nearly half completed.
Saturday, October 22, 2016

A garden needs bones.

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This garden in Truro at the University of Dalhousie Faculty of Agriculture is going to get a some 'bones' added to it ...
Friday, October 21, 2016

Dry Stacking Pallets and Wet Stacking Scaffolding

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Sometimes,when your doing dry stack walling high up, scaffolding is needed, especially if your building something like a moongate, w...
Thursday, October 20, 2016

Find Farley

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Northumberland News PORT HOPE -- One of Port Hope’s most famous residents, Farley Mowat, now has two public monuments.  A fu...
Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Four views of the HoneyMoongate wall and a pond shot.

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Norman and I were delighted with what our walling participants accomplished last weekend, along with special gue...
Monday, October 17, 2016

Full Moongate

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We Did It !  We're so happy, were just about over the moon! Perfect Proportions  A Niche For Wine A Ca...
Sunday, October 16, 2016

Not Quite a Moongate Yet

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Yesterday before noon the students gathered for a one third moongate shot. And then when we gathered later inside for audio...
Saturday, October 15, 2016

Promising The Moon

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We've promised that we will be leading a stone moongate/walling workshop  this weekend .  We have advanced student s and beginne...
Friday, October 14, 2016

A Pitch For The Curve Wall

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Some fantastic walling went on here during the Boston Flower Show  Back in June 2016 , along with his with his crew, Brian F...
Thursday, October 13, 2016

Reversal

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After the very successful  relocation of the  Farley Mowat Boat Roofed House Memorial in Port Hope Ontario, Norman Haddow came with us...
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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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