People from all walks of life have attended Bill's
many workshops.
- About footings
- Mixing and using cement
- Dressing stones with
hammer and chisel
- Hard line design
- Building a wall with
natural stone
Workshop participants bring lunch, water to drink and personal safety gear:
- heavy work gloves
- safety goggles
- knee pads
- heavy work boots
(steel toed preferred)
Bill provides the tools and materials needed to build the wall.
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Fall 2010 workshops dates and times to be announced
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STONEMASONRY FOR THE BEGINNER Upcoming Workshops
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Workshops are hands-on with typically between five and ten participants. Under Bill's guidance the group build a simple garden wall during the one day workshop (above right).
Students learn:
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Bill's workshops teach people the simple
principals to building with natural and
cultured stone.
Bill also teaches workshops in building
steps, benches and walkways,
dry-stacked walls and stone cutting.
Bill calls himself a "merchant of
confidence" and wants to support
participants to realize their potential in
developing the skills they need to create
beautiful stonework at their own homes.