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Category Archives: Stone columns
Ironwoods: Done and dusted
Earlier this week, blacksmith Lynda Metcalfe and I drove to Chapel Hill to put the finishing touches on our collaboration, the Ironwoods neighborhood sign. It was satisfying to see this project through; discussions with the homeowner’s association had started a … Continue reading
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Ironwoods: Sign underway
My current project has me journeying to Chapel Hill to build a entry sign for the Ironwoods neighborhood. Two years ago I built a memorial bench in this same neighborhood for Grandpa Tony. I am delighted that they invited me … Continue reading
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Column Theory: Done and done
After waiting all summer, the columns finally got their hats. Last Thursday, after a full summer of research, phone calls and waiting, I ventured back down to Rock Hill, South Carolina and put the big cap stones on the columns … Continue reading
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New portfolio page: Montford Terrace
I just added a new portfolio page for the Montford Terrace project, which is featured on the new postcard.
Posted in cutting stone, drystone, Stone columns, Stone Steps, Stonework, walls
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New panoramas and a marketing class
This is a photo montage/panorama of the steps I built this past winter in the Montford district of Asheville. The step treads are made of the full-color variant of Pennsylvania bluestone. The wall, columns and step risers are made of … Continue reading
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Tagged big stones, bluestone, classes, drystone, mortared, retaining, steps, Stone columns, Teaching
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Column Theory: First side, awaiting caps
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Column Theory: Mailbox vault done
Here’s the scene at the entrance to the Rock Hill horse farm. The connecting wall will top out at about 28 inches, so there’s a bit more to go. The far column has some sample caps resting in place. Columns … Continue reading
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Column Theory: mailbox vault
Last week I spent a good bit of time creating this structure within the column to house the biggest mailbox I think I’ve ever seen. I cut these quoins from step slabs, using petty much every technique I know how … Continue reading
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Column Theory
My latest project is the entrance to a horse farm just outside of Rock Hill, South Carolina. Mortared columns and connecting walls frame the main gate. I’m using a Tennessee sandstone as well as Arkansas Hackett, a type of sandstone … Continue reading
New panorama
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