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PRESENTERS
(in alphabetical order)

BLAIR BATES, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Owner/director
of Building Restoration Inc
www.gobri.com
Subject: Unravelling the Mysteries of Mortar.

CRAIG CAMPBELL, FASLA Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Landscape Architect
Subject: Stone in the Classical Chinese Garden

SCOTT and/or BRUCE DAVIS, Brighton, Colorado.
Architect, stonemason, contractors
www.rockandcompany.com
Subject: Large Scale Stone Installation

DAVID DERNIE, Manchester England, Head of
Architecture Department, Manchester University,
author of NEW STONE ARCHITECTURE.
www.artdes.mmu.ac.uk/profile/ddernie
Subject: New Stone Architecture

MICHEL GIANNESINI, Drome, France. Restoration stonemason.
Subject: Vernacular stonework of southeastern France.

BRAD GOLDBERG, Dallas, Texas. Stone Sculptor
www.dallasartsrevue.com/SSiT/17thedotwhich.shtml
Subject: Stone Sculpture

TON KALLE, Amsterdam, Holland. Stone Sculptor
www.tonkalle.nl
Subject: Stone Sculpture

JOE KENLAN, North Carolina. Stonemason, contractor.
Subject: Principles and Aesthetics of Bonding

SCOTT MURASE, ASLA, Portland Oregon. Landscape Architect
www.murase.com
Subject: Stone in Landscape Architecture

MIGUEL RAMIS, Mallorca, Spain. Stonemason, stone carver
and the founder/director of a stonework training center.
www.artifexbalear.org
Subject: Stonework of the Islands of Mallorca (the likely site of STONEWORK SYMPOSIUM 2007) and the neighboring island of Minorca

RICHARD RHODES, Seattle, WA. Stonemason, contractor, supplier,
founder/ president of Rhodes Architectural Stone.
www.rhodes.org
Subject (2?): The Business of Stonemasonry, Architectural Stonework

ROBERT M. THORSON, the author of STONE BY STONE, EXPLORING STONE WALLS, and STONE WALL SECRETS is a Professor of Geology at he University of Connecticut, and coordinator of THE STONE WALL INITIATIVE.
www.stonewall.uconn.edu/
Subject: The Stone Walls of New England

BOBBY WATT, of Scotland, traditionally trained Master Mason,
restoration stonemasonry contractor (www.rjwstonemasons.com)
Subject: Restoration Masonry, Principles of the Craft

JOHN SHAW RIMMINGTON, Founder/Director of the Dry Stone Walling Association of Canada. He has designed and directed the installation of a series of creative dry stone structures in his native Ontario.
www.jboyweb.com/drystonewall/

KARIN SPRAGUE, Rhode Island, stone lettering artist. www.karinsprague.com

AND OTHERS

ALSO:

DRY STONE WALLING WORKSHOP, SEPTEMBER 26-28
INSTRUCTORS: Patrick McAfee from Ireland, John Shaw Rimmington and Matthew Ring from Canada, and others. $300 (a very good lunch provided).
CLICK HERE FOR DRY STONE REGISTRATION FORM

STONE LETTER CARVING WORKSHOP
Karin Sprague will teach a two day lettering workshop prior to the Symposium. $250, stone and tools provided.
CLICK HERE for STONE LETTER CARVING REGISTRATION FORM

ROCKNOCKER CONCLAVES
informal groups of individuals variously involved with stone can be expected to form outside the meeting hall, inside the restaurants and pubs, engaging in the spirited interchange of experiences and ideas.

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
At some point, probably on Sunday morning, a meeting will be scheduled for Stone Foundation officers and members to gather to discuss the present state and future form and function of the society.

INUKSHUK KINDERGARTEN
On Saturday mid-afternoon the symposium will assemble at a large gathering area called Panorama Point (for reasons that will be obvious on arrival) where stone will be available to make small scale Inukshuks –the dry stacked stone totemic figures made by the Inuit and Eskimo peoples of Canada and Alaska. They served to help herd reindeer and, in a vast and lonely land, existed as landmarks, as companions.  To contemporary stonemasons and artists, Inukshuks are opportunities for creative expression. This event will be as entertaining to observe as it will be enjoyable to participate in. Prizes will be awarded. The evening will culminate with a bar-b-que, beer and blue-grass music.