I call myself a fair-weather waller.
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I call myself a fair-weather waller. I don’t do drystone work through the worst of winter. If you have ever jammed numb fingers between cold stones, started a morning by sledgehammering apart a frozen stone pile, or done a pee outside, bum exposed to biting winter air, you will understand why.
Drystone season is almost upon us. This year we have a run of really interesting jobs and I have a new ambition, learning to drive a digger.
@kristiedegaris@mastodon.scot There is a bench like that overlooking Tarland we often pause on whilst out for a walk. Lovely solid creations.
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@kristiedegaris It's a really nice looking one, if paying someone to make thins, around how much would you expect it to cost (not talking about exact numbers for a tender, but a rough estimation)
@aho It depends on so much it would be hard to give even an estimate. What kind of stone you want, where that stone is coming from, how easy is access (will we be moving stone every day to build), size of structure, how much labour is involved in prepping the site etc etc etc
I was going to say that drystone isn't cheap but actually it is when you realise it is guaranteed for life.
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I call myself a fair-weather waller. I don’t do drystone work through the worst of winter. If you have ever jammed numb fingers between cold stones, started a morning by sledgehammering apart a frozen stone pile, or done a pee outside, bum exposed to biting winter air, you will understand why.
Drystone season is almost upon us. This year we have a run of really interesting jobs and I have a new ambition, learning to drive a digger.
@kristiedegaris driving a digger sounds fun!
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@kristiedegaris driving a digger sounds fun!
@brunogirin I'm generally a bit scared of machinery but I am determined. In this line of work it is an incredibly uselful skill.
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I call myself a fair-weather waller. I don’t do drystone work through the worst of winter. If you have ever jammed numb fingers between cold stones, started a morning by sledgehammering apart a frozen stone pile, or done a pee outside, bum exposed to biting winter air, you will understand why.
Drystone season is almost upon us. This year we have a run of really interesting jobs and I have a new ambition, learning to drive a digger.
@kristiedegaris beautiful work! Love how the bench emerges from the stonework. We had Andy Goldsworthy com here some decades ago and build stone artworks in the parklands which your work reminds me of
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@kristiedegaris beautiful work! Love how the bench emerges from the stonework. We had Andy Goldsworthy com here some decades ago and build stone artworks in the parklands which your work reminds me of
@morebento I love Andy's work. I missed his exhibition in Edinburgh and gutten that I did.
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@morebento I love Andy's work. I missed his exhibition in Edinburgh and gutten that I did.
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@morebento I love Andy's work. I missed his exhibition in Edinburgh and gutten that I did.
@kristiedegaris yes he’s fabulous. I have one of his books on leaves and we are fortunate to have some of his works all the way down here
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I call myself a fair-weather waller. I don’t do drystone work through the worst of winter. If you have ever jammed numb fingers between cold stones, started a morning by sledgehammering apart a frozen stone pile, or done a pee outside, bum exposed to biting winter air, you will understand why.
Drystone season is almost upon us. This year we have a run of really interesting jobs and I have a new ambition, learning to drive a digger.
@kristiedegaris I’m the same! Now that Rag Stones is out in the wild I’m using the time indoors to shelter from the wind and start researching a new book. But I’m itching to get back out to the dykes!
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I call myself a fair-weather waller. I don’t do drystone work through the worst of winter. If you have ever jammed numb fingers between cold stones, started a morning by sledgehammering apart a frozen stone pile, or done a pee outside, bum exposed to biting winter air, you will understand why.
Drystone season is almost upon us. This year we have a run of really interesting jobs and I have a new ambition, learning to drive a digger.
@kristiedegaris +1 on the digger. it's super useful and fun and you get to feel a bit like godzilla
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@kristiedegaris +1 on the digger. it's super useful and fun and you get to feel a bit like godzilla
@nflux I think I'd like that a lot
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@kristiedegaris I’m the same! Now that Rag Stones is out in the wild I’m using the time indoors to shelter from the wind and start researching a new book. But I’m itching to get back out to the dykes!
@BadgerandVole It's a good feeling to be itching to back isn't it? Hope you have a good season of stone.
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I call myself a fair-weather waller. I don’t do drystone work through the worst of winter. If you have ever jammed numb fingers between cold stones, started a morning by sledgehammering apart a frozen stone pile, or done a pee outside, bum exposed to biting winter air, you will understand why.
Drystone season is almost upon us. This year we have a run of really interesting jobs and I have a new ambition, learning to drive a digger.
The stone work is beautiful
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I call myself a fair-weather waller. I don’t do drystone work through the worst of winter. If you have ever jammed numb fingers between cold stones, started a morning by sledgehammering apart a frozen stone pile, or done a pee outside, bum exposed to biting winter air, you will understand why.
Drystone season is almost upon us. This year we have a run of really interesting jobs and I have a new ambition, learning to drive a digger.
@kristiedegaris Gorgeous drystone work! Thanks for sharing!
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I call myself a fair-weather waller. I don’t do drystone work through the worst of winter. If you have ever jammed numb fingers between cold stones, started a morning by sledgehammering apart a frozen stone pile, or done a pee outside, bum exposed to biting winter air, you will understand why.
Drystone season is almost upon us. This year we have a run of really interesting jobs and I have a new ambition, learning to drive a digger.
That's masterful stuff. I immediately thought of Goldsworthy, too, as someone else mentioned. He has some installations I've visited in DC's National Gallery and at another site in suburban Maryland that I've visited. Have fun with the Digger!
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I call myself a fair-weather waller. I don’t do drystone work through the worst of winter. If you have ever jammed numb fingers between cold stones, started a morning by sledgehammering apart a frozen stone pile, or done a pee outside, bum exposed to biting winter air, you will understand why.
Drystone season is almost upon us. This year we have a run of really interesting jobs and I have a new ambition, learning to drive a digger.
Seems like a good metaphor for life, too, I guess. Something about preparing for bad times during the good times?
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I call myself a fair-weather waller. I don’t do drystone work through the worst of winter. If you have ever jammed numb fingers between cold stones, started a morning by sledgehammering apart a frozen stone pile, or done a pee outside, bum exposed to biting winter air, you will understand why.
Drystone season is almost upon us. This year we have a run of really interesting jobs and I have a new ambition, learning to drive a digger.
@kristiedegaris I lived in Wensleydale and my neighbour had a large garden with a long ry stone wall one side. The ram that did it took many weeks (guaranteed by them for 100 years) but the debated how many tonnes of stones (am I right a tonne per metre) and how long it took to build all the walls we could see across the dale, just a tiny proportion of the Dale’s walls
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I call myself a fair-weather waller. I don’t do drystone work through the worst of winter. If you have ever jammed numb fingers between cold stones, started a morning by sledgehammering apart a frozen stone pile, or done a pee outside, bum exposed to biting winter air, you will understand why.
Drystone season is almost upon us. This year we have a run of really interesting jobs and I have a new ambition, learning to drive a digger.
@kristiedegaris I'm curious how logistics work for drystone wall building. Do you arrange the material needed? or is it the client who has an abundance of it
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I call myself a fair-weather waller. I don’t do drystone work through the worst of winter. If you have ever jammed numb fingers between cold stones, started a morning by sledgehammering apart a frozen stone pile, or done a pee outside, bum exposed to biting winter air, you will understand why.
Drystone season is almost upon us. This year we have a run of really interesting jobs and I have a new ambition, learning to drive a digger.
@kristiedegaris i swear i will upvote every single post about building stone walls I see here
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I call myself a fair-weather waller. I don’t do drystone work through the worst of winter. If you have ever jammed numb fingers between cold stones, started a morning by sledgehammering apart a frozen stone pile, or done a pee outside, bum exposed to biting winter air, you will understand why.
Drystone season is almost upon us. This year we have a run of really interesting jobs and I have a new ambition, learning to drive a digger.
@kristiedegaris I worked several decades in construction so I've some idea what you're saying. Brickies labourers breaking the ice on the water butt so they can mix when the temperature rises enough, working with timber that's been outside and freezing overnight, fixing roof timbers in the icy breeze all day.
So happy to have retired.
