Hammerhead Stoneworks

There’s a new portfolio page featuring images from the Melrose Residence.

I am proud to announce that this photograph of a wall I completed with the Unturned Stone was featured on the back cover of the most recent issue of Stonexus, the periodical publication of the Stone Foundation. In the magazine I alone am credited with the wall, though I completed it with Jesse Friedrichs, stone mason and Jody Maney, equipment operator and helper. It’s bomber!

On June 24th I’ll be taking part in the Mountain Green Conference on the campus of Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, North Carolina. I will be there to discuss Sustainability in Stonework Construction.
As I have prepared for this I have been developing a visual tool I call the Green Target, shown above, that is useful for analyzing sustainability on four important attributes. It is meant to promote dialogue and provoke creative solutions for making stonework greener.
I have just added three new pages to the site that summarize what I’ll be covering.

• Green Targets explains the tool.
• The Cabin Case Study gives a detailed example of the tool in use.
• Good Ideas offers some helpful suggestions for sustainable stonework.

These ideas are still in development and your feedback is most helpful.

Flagstone paths and patios class this Friday at the North Carolina Arboretum.