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symposium 2008

dswa certification

 

SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM
below

 

VENUE:
BARRE GRANITE MUSEUM
and STONE ART SCHOOL
www.granitemuseum.com

barre road sign

SCHEDULE

SEPTEMBER 4-9
DRY STONE MASONRY WORKSHOP

SEPTEMBER 7-9
GRANITE LETTER CARVING WORKSHOP

SEPTEMBER 9-10
STONEWORK TOUR, VT & NH

SEPTEMBER 9-10
TRADITIONAL/CONTEMPORARY
LIME MORTAR WORKSHOP

SEPTEMBER 10
DSWA INITIAL LEVEL CERTIFICATION TEST

SEPTEMBER 10
ROCKNOCKERS RENDEZVOUS &
SYMPOSIUM PRE-REGISTRATION

(Afternoon and Evening)

SEPTEMBER 11-14
STONEWORK SYMPOSIUM 2008
INFO BELOW

SEPTEMBER 12
TROW AND HOLDEN TOOL COMPANY
120 YEAR ANNIVERSARY BBQ

(Evening)

SEPTEMBER 13
11TH ANNUAL BARRE GRANITE FESTIVAL

SEPTEMBER 13
FIRST-EVER LITHIC OLYMPIC GAMES

SEPTEMBER 14 (Morning)
STONE FOUNDATION
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

 

FEE SCHEDULE

DRY STONE MASONRY WORKSHOP
(Registration limited to 32 persons,
Stone Foundation members only)
$550 (with lunch)

GRANITE LETTER CARVING WORKSHOP
(Registration limited to 12 persons,
Stone Foundation members only)
$200

STONEWORK TOUR
(Registration limited to 20 persons,
Stone Foundation members only)
$50 a day plus expenses

LIME MORTAR WORKSHOP
$200

STONEWORK SYMPOSIUM 2008
Members: $360 (with lunch)

Non-Members: $385 (with lunch)
Spouses of Attendees: Half Price

TROW AND HOLDEN BARBEQUE
Free for Symposium attendees
and the granite community of Barre

Prices are subject to change until August.

A limited number of scholarships will be made available
to those who would not otherwise be able to attend.

STONEWORK SYMPOSIUM 2008

PROGRAM

nick fairplay

HUNTING STONE LIONS
Nicholas Fairplay   INFO

dan snow

STONE BRIDGES IN VERMONT AND NORWAY
Dan Snow  INFO

 

james warfield

STONE POEMS, ARCHITECTURE, and the LAND
James Warfield INFO

rebuilding a stone bridge

(RE)BUILDING A DRY STONE ARCHED BRIDGE
Jane Wooley, Neil Rippingale

 

squaring a monument

THE HISTORY OF STONEWORK IN BARRE
Paul Wood
INFO

stone symposia

STONE SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUMS
Jesse Salisbury
INFO

toru

JAPANESE STONEWORK
Tomas Lipps
INFO

 

john maine

CELEBRATING AN HISTORIC SCOTTISH QUARRY
John Maine
INFO

geological map

THE GEOLOGY AND LITHOLOGY
OF MASONRY STONE TYPES
John Mills
INFO

 

kane brothers

DEALING ARTFULLY WITH IMMENSITY
The Kane Brothers
INFO

 

 

preah keach, cambodia

STONE TREKKING
Julie Kandyba

 

 

STONE IN TRAILWORK
Fredrica (Fred) Lashley

stone trailwork

 

ALSO, VIDEO NIGHTS:

THE SECRET TOWERS OF THE HIMALAYAS

CLANNISH CONSTRUCTION: BUILDING AN INUIT STONE HOUSE

STONECARVERS OF THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL, WASHINGTON

RIVERS AND TIDES and others

 

REGISTER HERE!!!

 

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