SECOND ANNUAL
MALLORCAN DRY STONE WALLING WORKSHOP
OCTOBER 21-29, 2008

The first Mallorcan Dry Stone Walling Workshop took place in the village of Deia last September. Thirty-six participants, men and women from America and Europe, guided by six Mallorquin mason-instructors from Artifex Balear, a stonemasonry and stone carving school on the island, successfully completed the technically demanding repair of a tall, curving retaining wall. We also dismantled and rebuilt a free-standing boundary wall and built a ramp-all on land owned by the village.

The experience was greatly enjoyed by the Workshop participants and appreciated by the village-and villagers-of Deia.

So much so that subsequently, Jaume Crespi, the mayor of Deia, Miguel Ramis, Director of Artifex Balear, and Tomas Lipps, representing the Stone Foundation, signed a contract to organize at least one workshop a year for the next three years.

The project of the workshops will be the design and construction of a small park in the village with a view of the sea.

The second workshop will take place this summer in Deia between October 21 and October 29.

The registration fee is $650 which includes a hearty lunch with wine or beer (workdays).

Registration will be limited to 32 students.

Registrants will be assisted in finding economically priced lodging in the village.

Mallorca is noted for its remarkable stonework spanning 4,000 years of the island's history. Megalithic, Roman, Moorish, Medieval and the stonework of more recent times are there to be seen and appreciated. A visit to Mallorca is in itself an education.

Stonework of Minorca and the neighboring island of Minorca can be seen on the Tektonika Gallery page at this website, stoneFoundationMallorca2001Gallery. There is also an article on the dry stone walls of Mallorca in the newest issue of STONEXUS Magazine, #VIII.

Some of the finest dry stone walls to be found are the environs of the village of Deia and the neighboring towns of Soller and Valledemossa, the mountainous Sierra Tramontana area which is veined with dry stone walking trails. The workshop will include a day spent hiking one of these trails.

There will be tours arranged to view stonework elsewhere on the island as well. Deia was once an artist colony and though a village, it is a cosmopolitan community with a variety of cafes, bars and restaurants

To download a registration form, CLICK HERE