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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
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