The Art & Craft of Stonework: Dry-Stacking, Mortaring, Paving, Carving, Gardenscaping FROM THE PUBLISHER
More than 300 outstanding photos highlight the expressiveness of stonework. Filled with artistic inspiration, instructions, recipes, and projects for both dry-stack and mortar techniques, this introduction will start you off on the right path. See how to find the perfect stone, and cut, score, split, and chip it. Transform the beautiful medium into classic projects: Turn your garden into a Zen sanctuary, with stepping stones. Add a mortared veneer to a wall. Construct a magnificent hearth and fireplace. Go beyond the practical and enjoy the creative pleasures of boulderscaping to engender a sense of tranquility and elegance, and carving two- or three-dimensional sculptures. Even repair old and broken walls.
As the perfect companion to our own primer on drystacking, Stonescaping, you'll find this both a working guidebook and a luxurious coffee-table book to pore through as well as reference guide to treasure.
SYNOPSIS
Artistic inspiration, instructions, recipes, and projects for both dry-stack and mortar techniques. More than 300 outstanding photos highlight the expressiveness of stonework from New Jersey to Nepal.
FROM THE CRITICS
Library Journal
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. Both Pleasant's and Reed's offerings will allow readers to use stone as a creative material outdoors. These titles are in some ways very similar, showing readers a variety of techniques used to shape and place stones in their yards and providing ideas for creating paths and walls. They diverge in approach and depth Pleasant's title places a greater emphasis on gardening and landscaping details such as plant selection, while Reed's provides much more information on actually building things (and, as one might guess, building with stone is a lot of work). Both titles are well written and beautifully illustrated throughout. Larger collections will want both of these wonderful books, but if libraries are forced to choose only one, then Pleasant's gets the nod because of its wider appeal to both gardeners and builders. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
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