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Boone Stonemasons Travel to Asheville for Stone Symposium.

9/18/2012

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Well it has been a crazy Summer and early Fall with all of the travel and workshops, not to mention our ongoing project on Beech Mountain, but we are starting to see some light at the end of the tunnel.  Our schedule is getting full for the Fall, but we are still considering small jobs and giving estimates for projects of all sizes which are not time sensitive.  And we are very excited about some projects coming up this winter in Raleigh, NC and Chattanooga TN.  Here are a few photos from the Asheville workshop and other travels.
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Our Welsh instructor, Sean Adcock explains the importance of solid footing stones in a drystone wall.
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Sean instructs Josh in the fine art of vertical coping, the most common way to finish a wall in Great Britain.
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This interesting feature is called a walk-through stile and is traditionally used so that farmers could cross through a wall while keeping cattle out.
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I built this wall end or "cheek" during our workshop. Proper stone selection is important to insure the safety and stability of these feature as this part of the wall is especially vulnerable.
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We visited the Select Stone yard near Bozeman MT and enjoyed seeing how they used theses massive slabs to built a ramp and entryway to their office.
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The variety of shapes, sizes, and types of stone was amazing.
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