Totally agree. I also have a training site here in Maryland. I feel it is so important to learn a craft or a trade in this day and age. Not to mention it just feels amazing to work out side. The Stone Trust in VT has such good folks sharing there love for stone with others.
Спасибо за фильм, спасибо за мастер-класс ! Люблю Уэльс за то, что сохраняете бережно всю информацию по строительству сухих каменных стен ! Люблю Уэльс за то, что подарили миру Mary Hopkin и Carole Hopkin ! С уважением из Сибири,Владимир Мой город - Нижневартовск .
So true. In my region I'm able to buy sheet of bluestone which is what I mix into my walls for my through stone. If the construction requires them I base my stone choices on my availability of through stone. When you don't have any or shorter stones you can always do a staggered stone. If they don't exist at all with no possible availability I simply try to follow all the standard rules as much as possible. You're so correct if you don't have them for example a boulder wall. Your not going to find any to add or even work with this building matteral. The Hopewell Furnace wall project was like this. So you just made sure you had those lengths of the stone going in. At the Stone Trust training center as seen in this video this is why they added in the granite longs. This way they can have all the proper ingredients to help train folks on proper building methods.
I m the first to hit that like button guys just so you all know . Great video , and will love to learn more of how to do . Show me and then give me a test , and just so you know I like it , and know not much on it on how to do build.
Please show details on using round and strange shapes stones. I fund so many walls with nice rectangular rocks and see walls with round and jagged rocks, but no one show details on how to fit them. My walls are working but look terrible.
Great video. I'm a former drystone waller from Galloway - turned sculptor. Great to see the Galloway wall in the video. Did you have dykers from Galloway travel over to build it?
James I'm not sure carving sounds any easier then walling except you can work possibly in a controlled environment...lol Yes Nick Aitken from Scotland was over teaching at the Stone Trust. Great example of a style of walling not seen in the US. So many different walling styles. I've been wanted to do turf tops for caps for some time. Just have to find the right project. Thank you Mark
It really depends on the stone, a soft field stone, most likely no. A harder say sandstone or granite is possible. When in doubt, try it out. Just remember that the more time you spend modifying a stone, the less walling you get done.
where's the bridge? and arch? and pillars? Great work on the new pillar by the way! What do you still need there, round corner? permanent curve for advanced outside? just a thought but if you folks provided some accommodation perhaps a few of us could put together some of the last few things that need building.....
Believe it or not in Vermont most of the round stones are granite. You can't really shape them. You just take the foot ball stones and follow all the rules best you can. Some stones can be shaped with a hammer and chisel. All depends on the desired out come. Its always best to work with the stone. Pick the wall style that matches and build. A hammer and chisel is a great way to loose valuable time building a wall.
Your camera dropped some acid, man. Then the wind drowned out the host. However, the walls look interesting and the skill you get when mastering must be fun to use.
Ya tell me about it. Never fails you want to do a video and you end up with wicked wind and no mic with a cat tail. O well. Made the most of it right. Sorry to put you threw the pain...ty for checking the walls out anyway!
Moi, I know what your saying. Work so hard just to take I apart and do it all over again. Best way to master your skills practice over and over with the same stone. Great opportunity to see how others use the same stones for the same build. The choices they make or don't. All part of learning. Thank you for your comment. Mark
Rockin Walls i know you learn by doing mistakes , and then try try again , i learned by trying to rebuild boundaries around our farm when i was 13-14 years old , it took me about 5 years of building walls to be good at it , im still learning
Awesome place, it's so nice to see these traditional skills being passed on! All the best from England
Totally agree. I also have a training site here in Maryland. I feel it is so important to learn a craft or a trade in this day and age. Not to mention it just feels amazing to work out side. The Stone Trust in VT has such good folks sharing there love for stone with others.
Wow. I'm speechless. Such beautiful craftsmanship. If I was 20 rather than 64...
I lay stone for a living and must say you do great work 👍
As you know working with stone is so requarding. TY Mark
They are some beautiful walls. Incredible organization and people. I'm amazed.
Those walls look fantastic, wonderful in fact, thank you and best wishes from England.
Just found this & im blown away. Its awesome. I lay-down stone myself but not walls. Id kill to learn !!!
Спасибо за фильм,
спасибо за мастер-класс !
Люблю Уэльс за то, что
сохраняете бережно всю
информацию по строительству
сухих каменных стен !
Люблю Уэльс за то, что
подарили миру Mary Hopkin и
Carole Hopkin !
С уважением из Сибири,Владимир
Мой город - Нижневартовск .
Thank you Vladimir.
Such a GREAT organization! I'd love to see pointers on building a wall with more rounded stone, like in that wall behind you. Thanks!
That's a beautiful place. Writing from Pennine Yorkshire, where until recently every country lad could dress and build with stone.
Those nice granite longs are a real asset that most do not have for their wall building.
So true. In my region I'm able to buy sheet of bluestone which is what I mix into my walls for my through stone. If the construction requires them I base my stone choices on my availability of through stone.
When you don't have any or shorter stones you can always do a staggered stone. If they don't exist at all with no possible availability I simply try to follow all the standard rules as much as possible.
You're so correct if you don't have them for example a boulder wall. Your not going to find any to add or even work with this building matteral. The Hopewell Furnace wall project was like this. So you just made sure you had those lengths of the stone going in.
At the Stone Trust training center as seen in this video this is why they added in the granite longs. This way they can have all the proper ingredients to help train folks on proper building methods.
These guys living the dream right here
He sure is!
So much time and patience put into the workmanship you are displaying. Then you go and hire old mate Gav Newsome to hold the mic 😅
🤣 Yes thankfully camera gear has come a long way since that was filmed. Ofcourse wind is always a force to reckoned with when filming. 🙂
Amazinx dry wall ,im never seen...greatjob
Mainly trainees who have taken the workshops at The Stone Trust. Good times working with stone! Thank You
very nice wall and good organized, area also high quality of the material
Yes The Stone Trust does a very nice job with there training center. Helping to set participants up for success. Thank you!
I m the first to hit that like button guys just so you all know . Great video , and will love to learn more of how to do . Show me and then give me a test , and just so you know I like it , and know not much on it on how to do build.
Thank you!
That wall at 5:15 is fantastic.
Great video. Thanks
Thank you Earl
Great stuff!! It's a shame it was so windy!
Please show details on using round and strange shapes stones. I fund so many walls with nice rectangular rocks and see walls with round and jagged rocks, but no one show details on how to fit them. My walls are working but look terrible.
Beautiful walling Brian. Do u have any instructional youtube videos for beginners?
Thx,
Ds
He doesn't at this time. I have a few and plan to do more on my channel here. Stay turned.
Gracias muy bonito trabajo
I want to dp this. So cool.
Great video. I'm a former drystone waller from Galloway - turned sculptor. Great to see the Galloway wall in the video. Did you have dykers from Galloway travel over to build it?
James I'm not sure carving sounds any easier then walling except you can work possibly in a controlled environment...lol
Yes Nick Aitken from Scotland was over teaching at the Stone Trust. Great example of a style of walling not seen in the US. So many different walling styles. I've been wanted to do turf tops for caps for some time. Just have to find the right project.
Thank you Mark
Lovely examples and skills, great initiative. Thanks
If you had scored a line with a grinder on field stone would the break have followed the score rather than the grain of the stone?
It really depends on the stone, a soft field stone, most likely no. A harder say sandstone or granite is possible. When in doubt, try it out.
Just remember that the more time you spend modifying a stone, the less walling you get done.
What a great 'campus'!
IT sure is a great place with good energy!
where's the bridge? and arch? and pillars? Great work on the new pillar by the way! What do you still need there, round corner? permanent curve for advanced outside? just a thought but if you folks provided some accommodation perhaps a few of us could put together some of the last few things that need building.....
Great video 👍
Thank you. The Stone Trust is amazing place.
Buen día , capacitación , buen día
Very Excellent
Hello Sandy, Brian does a great job talking about the park. True passion for the love of stone. Ty Mark
Helpful, thanks 👍
Thank you again for checking out my video's
I have a wall that was just taken down & we need to be rebuild it. Do you know anyone in the West Virginia area northern West Virginia?
I can't say I do! Sorry to far for me. But that I will say WV is so beautiful!
I have endless rocks on my property but very few flat ones.
Are you guys shaping them with hammers and chisels ?
Believe it or not in Vermont most of the round stones are granite. You can't really shape them. You just take the foot ball stones and follow all the rules best you can. Some stones can be shaped with a hammer and chisel. All depends on the desired out come. Its always best to work with the stone. Pick the wall style that matches and build. A hammer and chisel is a great way to loose valuable time building a wall.
Was this video challenging to build?
That lens makes it looks like the stones are collapsing.
I think I'm to old and my back isn't in great shape anymore but that's one of the only things I don't know about yet.
great program.
Very impressive... what do you call the 3 levels... we here in Wales have standards such as :- Initial/ Intermediate/Mastercraftsman...
Ps... when your up on a welsh mountain mid winter... speed is of the essence..
Your camera dropped some acid, man. Then the wind drowned out the host. However, the walls look interesting and the skill you get when mastering must be fun to use.
Ya tell me about it. Never fails you want to do a video and you end up with wicked wind and no mic with a cat tail. O well. Made the most of it right. Sorry to put you threw the pain...ty for checking the walls out anyway!
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Thank you Den
How can I come to the school
We host workshops every Spring / Fall at Rockin Walls Training Center located in Maryland. You can find info here www.rwtrainingcenter.com
really nice rocks
i couldent be asked to build a wall just for it to be pulled down again
Moi, I know what your saying. Work so hard just to take I apart and do it all over again. Best way to master your skills practice over and over with the same stone. Great opportunity to see how others use the same stones for the same build. The choices they make or don't. All part of learning. Thank you for your comment. Mark
Rockin Walls i know you learn by doing mistakes , and then try try again , i learned by trying to rebuild boundaries around our farm when i was 13-14 years old , it took me about 5 years of building walls to be good at it , im still learning
I wanted to know more about all European old buildings, church , cathedral s construction methods and how they build .
Me too. Can't say I know much about that since they are built with mortar.
Woah