The Art and Craft of Stonework

Dry-stacking, Mortaring, Paving, Carving, Gardenscaping

David Reed (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

176 Seiten

2002
Lark Books,U.S. (Verlag)
978-1-57990-218-6 (ISBN)

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This book will surprise and please with the spectacular results you can achieve with a few simple tools and the natural beauty of stone. See how whether you're constructing a wall, redesigning a garden, or adding paving, your structure will blend in naturally with its surroundings.

Working with stone is challenging, but the effects are impressive and they last beyond a lifetime. This book features advanced projects and over 300 outstanding colour photographs which highlight the expressiveness of stonework in an array of colours, shapes, sizes and surfaces, and in a world-wide range of locations from Yorkshire to Nepal. - Dry-stacking techniques - Mortar techniques - Texture - Consistency - - Finding perfect stone - Cutting - Scoring - Splitting - Chipping - - Weathering - Boulderscaping - Carving - Repairing old and broken walls - - Turn your garden into a Zen sanctuary of tranquility & elegance - - Construct a magnificent hearth and fireplace -

All about stone - a stonemason's primer; tools & basic techniques; dry-laid stonework - freestanding walls, retaining walls, benches, borders, steps, paving; mortared stonework - basics & techniques, veneer, freestanding walls, paving; the romance of stone - stone carving, boulderscaping, Japanese gardenscaping.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	26.9.2002
Zusatzinfo	200 colour photographs, index
Verlagsort	Asheville
Sprache	englisch
Maße	215 x 255 mm
Gewicht	862 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Heimwerken / Do it yourself
	Technik ► Bauwesen
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Handwerk
ISBN-10	1-57990-218-9 / 1579902189
ISBN-13	978-1-57990-218-6 / 9781579902186
Zustand	Neuware