I don’t always get to see the work I’ve built after it’s been landscaped and finished. Right now I’m doing the second phase of a new front yard. The first part, completed over the winter has grown in nicely. I took these photos this morning, after a night of steady rain.
This project was designed by Tony Hauser of Ambient Design Group.
This photograph showing how to cut a stone is being used on the Wikipedia page devoted to feathers and wedges.
I have been busier than the recent blog postings would suggest. The chimney is 99% done. I’ll photograph it after the scaffolding comes down. The Rube Goldberg qualities of the scaffolding have discouraged me from taking any pictures of it.
Currently I am working on a walkway and short stack of steps in a north Asheville neighborhood. At right is my tent workshop. It’s a ten by ten canopy that I set up when the sky got particularly threatening. When the downpour did arrive, there was an area about the size of piece of paper in the middle of the canopy that didn’t get wet.
A particular challenge with this section of the walk is the fact that the concrete driveway drops five inches over four feet. The band of bricks at the very end helps me to accommodate that slope without leaving a trip-lip. The brick band is a repeating feature that will appear in the upper sections of the walkway.
There are two new sections of the Do-It-Yourself Flagstone Paths and Patios workshop now registering via the North Carolina Arboretum’s website. The classes take place on Saturday, August 22nd and Friday, September 4th. They begin at 9:00 a.m. and run until 4:00 p.m. After a morning slideshow and discussion, the class moves outside. The Arboretum built a stone classroom in a clearing in the woods with a gigantic sandbox just for us. After some brief demonstrations of basic safety, stone-moving, and shaping techniques everyone gets to work applying what they’ve learned. Please contact me: marc (at) hammerheadstoneworks (dot) com with any questions or if you need help registering.
