Stone Masonry and Stoneworking Books
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Stone is one of the most beautiful and enduring building materials, and to exploit its qualities one must be aware of a number of specialized techniques.
Stone is also readily available and easily obtained. And stone offers a lasting material that will allow builders to use stone as a creative material indoors
as well as outdoors.
Whether you are a homeowner wanting to do your own repairs, a trade apprentice seeking to sharpen your skills, a veteran craftsman, or a masonry contractor
with years of experience, you will turn to these complete guides again and again. These are some of the most comprehensive or up-to-date reference available
on the subject.
Learn how to build stone walls and how to dry stack stone. Build a stone house and lay a cobblestone walk. Build stone gateways, pillars, and doorways.
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Stone Masonry and Stoneworking Books
- The Art & Craft of Stonework: Dry-Stacking, Mortaring, Paving, Carving, Gardenscaping
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- -David Reed / Hardcover 176 pages / Published March 2002
This book is well written and has than 300 outstanding photos highlighting the expressiveness of stonework. Covers artistic inspiration, building instructions, and interesting projects for both dry-stack and mortar techniques.
Shows how to find the perfect stone, and cut, score, split, and chip it. Showing readers a variety of techniques used to shape and place stones in constructing a magnificent hearth and fireplace or adding a mortared veneer to a wall. Learn how to repair old and broken walls. Go beyond the practical and enjoy the creative pleasures of boulderscaping to produce a sense of tranquillity and elegance in your yard by creating paths and walls. Transform your garden into a Zen sanctuary, with stepping stones and by carving two or three dimensional sculptures.
This primer will have a wide appeal to both gardeners and builders.
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- Building with Stone
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- -Charles McRaven, Chandis Ingenthron (Illustrator) / Paperback 192 pages / Published June 1989
This excellent basic handbook offers a wealth of material and an introduction to the art and craft of creating stone structures. This book will be appreciated by homeowners, builders and aspiring stone masons of all skill levels. In addition it is for anyone interested in bringing a creative, contemporary approach to the ancient craft of stone masonry, and especially for those craftsmen who want to improve and expand their skills.
Coveres the range and use of tools and materials, equipment needed by stone masons, the fundamental masonry processes, working with natural stone, and includes step-by-step instructions for creating several stone projects.
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- Building Stone Walls
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- -John Vivian / Paperback 108 pages / Published March 1976
John Vivian's instructions on 'how to go out and build a really permanent monument to yourself' are the next best thing to having a real old-time expert working alongside. This really is the only book you need to build a first-rate stone wall without a speck of mortar.
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- The Stonebuilder's Primer: A Step-By-Step Guide for Owner-Builders
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- -Charles Long / Paperback 126 pages / Published October 1998
Writer Charles Long has a well-earned reputation as one of North America's self-sufficiency experts. More than 20 years ago, he and his wife, Elizabeth, fled city life and conventional employment for the country, and have flourished there ever since. Now back by popular demand Long's The Stonebuilder's Primer is a highly readable account of the couple's successful effort to build "a house that will outlast anything made of wood." Developing a compromise method of stone construction that is both simpler and truer to the stonemason's art than the popular slipform method, the Longs built an aesthetically satisfying home of stone on a limited budget and no previous construction experience. In this classic how-to book, the author describes the complete building process in clear, easy-to-follow steps and, in so doing, dispels the myth of difficulty that surrounds stone construction. The book provides detailed instructions that will enable anyone to build a stone house.
This volume is a fine, if concise, introduction to the joys and problems of constructing living spaces with stone. In 11 chapters and an epilog, Long details the basics of building with field stone, taking each step in the rough chronology of the building process. His prose is open and friendly, and the illustrations, both line drawings and photographs, deepen the text. Long's "compromise method" of construction provides a simpler method of construction than has otherwise been traditionally embraced with stone. A delight and an important work for the aspiring nonprofessional stonemason.
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- The Art and Craft of Stonescaping: Setting and Stacking Stone
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- -David Philip Reed, Chris Rich (Editor), Scott Lowery (Illustrator), Evan Bracken (Photographer)
Hardcover 160 pages / Published May 1998
This handsome book explores dry-stacked stonework, the perfect craft for any homeowner with a yard or garden. With a few basic tools, a pile of stone, and this book, any reader can create stone walls, benches. paths and patios, culverts, steps, and more. How-to color photos and fine illustrations depict every critical step, and a wealth of color photography offers plenty of inspiration. If your looking for a book on patios, walkways, steps, or walls this book is a 'must-have'. David Reed has done an excellent job with this book. It is well written, with easy to follow instructions. This book is nicely illustrated; many photos demonstrate a step-by-step progression of the work, as well as showing the reader how the project should look when completed. The author also does a good job of covering tools and gives some helpful tips on the handling of stone.
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- Stonework: Techniques and Projects
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- -Charles McRaven, Elizabeth McHale (Editor) / Paperback 192 pages / Published October 1997
Discover the lasting satisfaction of working with stone and learn the tricks of the trade from a master craftsman. No building material rivals stone for beauty, permanence, and enduring popularity. Builder Charles McRaven offers the benefits of his fifty years of stonework experience in Stonework, a book that will inform, entertain, and inspire anyone using or working with stone.
McRaven helps even first-time builders comprehend the intricacies of working with different stone
types; choosing the most suitable stone; handling, cutting, and shaping stone; working with recycled stone; and using stone inside the home.
Stonework presents complete, fully illustrated instructions for:
- Using stone for gardens, paths, pools, and waterfalls
- Building walls, from simple to serpentine
- Making gateways, pillars, and doorways
- Using large stones as wall and landscape accents
- Installing stone steps for porches and entries
- Creating retaining walls
- Building bridges and walkways
Readers will learn to collect and handle stone while creating walls, stairs, pools, and even waterfalls.
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- By Design The Artistry of Lew French
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- -Lew French, Alison Shaw (Photographer) / Hardcover 159 pages / Published July 2005
Stone by Design is the perfect inspiration for anyone interested in adding the beauty of stone to their own surroundings. Filled with photographic artistic
inspiration for your own home or landscape, Stone by Design illustrates the beauty of French's pieces and invites you to see how rounded fieldstone, gray slate,
rough granite, and even curvy driftwood, can create stunning pieces of functional art.
This books showcases the beautiful and facinating work of the author. When Lew French made his first stone fireplace at age nineteen, he didn't expect to
feel so drawn to the simple material. Twenty-eight years and countless projects later, he still feels awed by the presence stone has in a well-designed setting,
whether it's an artfully rendered remodel of a writer's stone studio, a playful fireplace, or a carefully crafted garden pathway.
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- Stone Work: Designing with Stone
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- -Malcolm Holzman / Hardcover 212 pages / Published November 2001
Building with stone and buildings in stone by award-winning U.S. practitioner Holzman (b. 1940) are featured in this pictorial album, first published last
year in Australia. Holzman, a founder of Hardy Holzman Pfieffer Associates and architect of the acclaimed San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, TX, and the
Highland House (Madison, WI), recounts his clarity of vision and passion for stone construction in a concise, jargon-free accompanying text.
An appendix lists 17 projects (including public libraries, performing arts centers, museums, and municipal and university commissions), along
with construction and engineering details, elevations, and site plans; a biography notes that Holzman's buildings appear in 25 states and that
he prefers local quarries whenever possible. Unfortunately, dates are not given for the buildings on display; equally bewildering is the absence
of an index or a bibliography of the mostly positive literature regarding Holzman's projects. These flaws aside, the book works well: the photos
are evocative, and there's much of interest to both architects and stone masons.
Architect with a Passion for Stone
This talented architect shares his love of stone and displays it in evocative photos of his outstanding creations. A beautiful book.
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- Making Concrete Garden Ornaments
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- -Sherri Warner Hunter / Paperback 144 pages / Published March 2002
This renounced teacher has gathered the tried-and-true techniques used by sculptors and folk artists, and tailored them perfectly for low-tech surroundings and personal expression. Concrete is the ideal medium for outdoor art and long-lasting garden projects. Concrete is strong, versatile, and amazingly easy to work with, and it doesn't cost a lot or require special equipment. Usually everything you need is right at the local home improvement center.
Shows how to work with molds, form over armatures, model or carve with concrete, and take advantage of technical advances to develop lighter, stronger structures. Shows how to treat concrete surfaces with mosaics, embedded objects, incising, and coloring. Several of the projects include, crafting Garden Critter Stepping Stones, a Birdbath, Little Lady Fountain, and a jazzy border. Twenty-five projects in all.
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- Granite Kiss: Traditions and Techniques of Building New England Stone Walls
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- -Kevin Gardner, Guillermo Nunez (Illustrator) / Hardcover 224 pages / Published April 2003
This well written primer teaches the fundamentals of how to make stone walls with clear, step-by-step instructions. Covers the process of gathering the materials,
laying out the wall, and fitting then the stones together. In addition he also covers building steps, wells, ramps, walkways, and many other forms of dry masonry.
The techniques used in the restoration and repair of existing walls are also described.
In addition Gardner covers the history, aesthetics, and philosophy of placing stones.
What is "the granite kiss"? Author Kevin Gardner defines "the granite kiss" as "that instantly discouraging, and inevitable, experience in stone work when
a fingertip or two fails to escape the contact point between two large stones on the occasion of their first meeting."
Includes 30 black and white illustrations, a glossary of terms, and bibliography.
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- Bricklaying
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- -Peter Cartwright / Paperback 320 pages / Published March 2002
The ultimate guide to bricklaying for beginners through professional masonry contractors with step-by-step instructions throughout. Covers techniques and trade skills including building damp-proof courses, cavity brickwork, block-laying, arches, windows, fireplaces and more.
Includes complete projects for brick kitchens, outdoor barbecues, steps, and spiral designs.
- Skill-building projects with start-to-finish instructions
- Electricity and plumbing integration in brick construction
- Solutions and preventive methods for high-wind concerns in cavity brickwork
- Table for calculating how many bricks are needed for a job
- Brick design for handicapped
- Engineering properties, all measurements are in metric and imperial (U.S.) standards.
- Essential topics such as damp-proofing,repairing and carcking mortar,window and door
cutting,cleaning brick,and much more.
This is an insider's guide to every facet of the world of brickwork.
Includes over 560 technical drawings and diagrams illustrating technique and a well written text that guides you every step of the way.
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