For Tufnell dry stone masonry is aesthetic, ecologically sound and creates a sense of personal perspective about the world we live in. "For me a major benefit of dry stone walling is that there is ...

I’ve done a couple of bridges. Anything you can make out of masonry, you can do the same with dry stone. How green is dry stone walling? Potentially very green. Most of the walls I build are fie ...

Gerrow is practicing a craft called dry-laid stone masonry that goes back to the early 1800s in Central Kentucky. “It is a lot like a puzzle, sort of like a free-form puzzle, I guess.

Dry stone masonry—a technique dating back thousands of years—is being used to help restore the rocky terraces that have enabled agricultural activity in communities across Italy. How those ...

to advance the dry stone masonry craft, and to create a center for training and expertise nationwide. The Conservancy has conducted training and restoration projects for National Park Service ...

Traditionally these houses were built using dry stone masonry, without any mortar or cement. This style of construction is also prevalent in the surrounding countryside where most of the fields ...

Seth Thomas, an instructor at the Dry Stone Conservancy, shapes limestone during a workshop in Jessamine County on Nov. 23, 2024. Beth Musgrave bmusgrave@herald-leader.com Don Hopper pivoted over ...