sympaticosium

[Tomas Lipps <tmlipps@zzzzzzzzzzzzz>]

some of you may be interested in the Stone Foundation's fifth annual
gathering, STONEWORK SYMPOSIUM 2005, will take place October 7-9 at
the Ohio University East campus in St Clairsville Ohio.  information
about the event(s) is available at www.stonefoundation.org.  the
schedule is not available there yet so I've pasted it below.
information about the speakers is available at the website too.
y'all come.

Tomas

p.s.  re the discussion on determining the soundness of stone,
presence of faults/fractures: I don't know if anyone's mentioned
this, but I remember reading that Michelangelo would soak a block
with water then watch as it dried out.  cracks would absorb and
retain moisture and thus become apparent to the eye.  but who knows
if that would work with stone that has been recently blasted?

good posts, William Woodard. about finding "wild" stone -
it might be noted that stones and boulders, large and small, found in
stream beds, even dry stream beds tend to be, like those sundered
 from their subterranean repose, sounder specimens than the same sort
of stone exposed in the surrounding terrain.  not only freeze/thaw,
but the daily expansion/contraction the material endures (especially
in the American southwest) is lessened underground, as Bill says, or
underwater.

interesting discussion too about pitching, texturing, bumping.
thanks to all who participated.

STONEWORK SYMPOSIUM 2005
Schedule of Events:

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2005   6:00p - 10:00p
ROCKNOCKERS RENDEZVOUS and REGISTRATION,
RIVER CITY ALE WORKS, 1400 Main Street WHEELING, WV

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7

INTRODUCTORY SESSION 8:30a -10:00a
REGISTRATION, CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST, OPENING ADDRESSES
and THE RAISING OF A TIMBERFRAME BLACKSMITH SHOP

MORNING BREAK 10:15a - 10:30a

SESSION I 10:30a - 12:00
EGYPTIAN STONEWORK AND STONEWORKERS
NICHOLAS FAIRPLAY

LUNCH  12:00 - 1:00p

SESSION II  I:00p -2:30p
FUNCTION, ART AND ECOLOGY IN LANDSCAPE DESIGN
CHARLES SEHA

AFTERNOON BREAK 2:30p - 3:00p

SESSION III  3:00p - 4:30p
CONTEMPORARY STONE SCULPTURE,
OURS AND OTHERS'
KATE THOMSON/ HIRONORI KAKAGIRI

RECEPTION AND AUCTION  7:00p -10:00p

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST  8:00a - 8:30a

SESSION IV  8:30a - 10:00a
STONE AND WATER -
DESIGN AND INSTALLATION
RICK ANDERSON

MORNING BREAK 10:00a - 10:30a

SESSION V  10:30a - 12:00a
INKAN STONEWORK TECHNIQUES REVEALED
PROFESSOR JEAN-PIERRE PROTZEN

LUNCH  12:00 - 1:00p

SESSION VI  I:00p - 2:30p
STONE BY DESIGN
LEW FRENCH

AFTERNOON BREAK 2:30p - 3:00 p

SESSION VII  3:00p - 4:30p
IRISH STONE BRIDGES, AN OVERVIEW
PATRICK McAFEE
and
ROCKY HORROR SHOW - DRY STONE NO-NOs
NICK AIKEN

SATURDAY NITE LIME KILN FIRE, FOOD, DRINK AND MUSIC  6:00p - 10:00p

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST 8:00a - 8:30a

SESSION VIII   8:30a - 10:00a
THE STONEWORK OF MALLORCA and ARTIFEXBALEAR, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A
STONEWORK TRAINING CENTER
MIGUEL RAMIS

MORNING BREAK 10:00a - 10:30a

SESSION IX   10:30 a- 12:00
ALONG THE OLD STONE ROAD
IN SCOTLAND
TOMAS LIPPS

LUNCH  12:00 - 1:00p

SESSION X  I:00p -2:30p
HOW THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT
WAS MADE
ED ADAMS

AFTERNOON BREAK 2:30p - 3:00p

SESSION 11  3:00p - 4:30p
A STONEMASON'S JOURNAL
MICHAEL DRUMMOND DAVIDSON
and
A STONEMASON'S JOURNEY
THROUGH  ITALY  AND GREECE
TIMOTHY SMITH

ROCKNOCKERS RENDEZVOUS 6:00p -
RIVER CITY ALE WORKS, 1400 Main Street WHEELING, WV

MONDAY, OCTOBER 10
STONE FOUNDATION GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING 9:00a - 11:00a
MCLURE HOUSE HOTEL, 1200 Market Street, WHEELING, WV

NOTE: BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND REFRESHMENTS AT THE BREAKS ARE PROVIDED