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A Stone Fire Pit That Saves Patio Space
Hammerhead Stoneworks offers a stone fire pit design solution for small patio spaces. This past spring I built what I call an Invisible Fire Pit. This is a design solution for a small patio area. A typical stone fire pit … Continue reading
Posted in drystone, Fire, Flagging, Paths & patios, Stone Art
Tagged design, drystone, fireplace, Flagging, flagstone, paths, paving, sandstone, stone designs
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Short Stack Stone Steps
This set of stone steps replaced a worn bank that was prone to washing out in a good rain and becoming slippery and messy. And while not eh formal entrance to the house, this is the main access for the … Continue reading
Posted in Paths & patios, Stone Steps
Tagged drystone, Flagging, flagstone, paths, paving, retaining, sandstone, steps, walls
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Amy’s Steps Portfolio
I just added a new portfolio page for Amy’s steps.
Radial Steps II
This is the beginning of a set of drystone steps that fall on a very tight radius. This is a new challenge and one I’m truly enjoying. When completed it’ll be a set of eight steps that lead to a … Continue reading
Posted in drystone, Stone Steps, walls
Tagged bluestone, drystone, sandstone, steps, stone designs, walls
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Latest project
I’ve recently started a new project in West Asheville, building a drystone patio under the deck of a new green-built home. In this image sunlight filters through the decking. I’m using a sandstone, presumably from Tennessee. I’ve switched suppliers recently … Continue reading
Recent patio
I recently finished this small drystone path and patio behind an Asheville residence. The patio is square, but the perspective of the photo makes it look like a trapezoid.
Bench Class
A couple of weekends ago, I led a workshop at the NC Arboretum on building stone benches. First thing in the morning we studied images of various benches, stone-cutting techniques and ways to move heavy objects safely and with relative … Continue reading
Posted in Benches, cutting stone, Stonework, Teaching, Tools
Tagged bench, big stones, chiseling, classes, cutting stone, feathers & wedges, hammerhead, sandstone, stone bench, stone tools, 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
Posted in Stone columns, Stonework, walls
Tagged chunky, Creatures, design, lintels, mortared, quoins, sandstone, Stone columns, stone designs, walls
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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
Posted in cutting stone, Stone columns, Stonework, Tools
Tagged chisels, cutting stone, mortared, quoins, sandstone, Stone columns, stone tools, Tools
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