Comments on: My mentor in stone http://www.steveaddison.net/2005/08/08/my-mentor-in-stone.html Steve Addison's blog about movements for the renewal and expansion of the church. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:18:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: » Back to the wallSteve Addison’s blog » World Changers http://www.steveaddison.net/2005/08/08/my-mentor-in-stone.html#comment-7100 » Back to the wallSteve Addison’s blog » World Changers Mon, 13 Nov 2006 01:13:50 +0000 http://www.steveaddison.net/?p=89#comment-7100 [...] I’ve had the walling bug ever since my mentor Adrian taught me how to lay stone. Since finishing the last project I’ve been dreaming of a water feature: a fish pond beneath a solid stone wall. Maybe a waterfall effect or perhaps just a small fountain. According to Adrian, the problem with the waterfall idea is that the water hits the cracks between the stone and goes everywhere. Hard to trap it in the pond for recycling. But I digress. [...] [...] I’ve had the walling bug ever since my mentor Adrian taught me how to lay stone. Since finishing the last project I’ve been dreaming of a water feature: a fish pond beneath a solid stone wall. Maybe a waterfall effect or perhaps just a small fountain. According to Adrian, the problem with the waterfall idea is that the water hits the cracks between the stone and goes everywhere. Hard to trap it in the pond for recycling. But I digress. [...]

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]]> By: Steve http://www.steveaddison.net/2005/08/08/my-mentor-in-stone.html#comment-195 Steve Wed, 28 Sep 2005 09:30:13 +0000 http://www.steveaddison.net/?p=89#comment-195 Dear li'l brufer, no need for Gnomes. You'll do. Dear li’l brufer, no need for Gnomes. You’ll do.

]]> By: Little Brufer http://www.steveaddison.net/2005/08/08/my-mentor-in-stone.html#comment-194 Little Brufer Wed, 28 Sep 2005 08:46:25 +0000 http://www.steveaddison.net/?p=89#comment-194 Looks good. Where are the garden knomes? If it's a 'rock'garden what about some large speakers for heavy metal amplification? Where is the BBQ? Have you thougt about visiting relatives and their potential need for the tender ministrations of a spa? I think not! We will be watching your progress with interest and considering the theraputic value of this new space you call 'rock'garden. Looks good. Where are the garden knomes? If it’s a ‘rock’garden what about some large speakers for heavy metal amplification?

Where is the BBQ? Have you thougt about visiting relatives and their potential need for the tender ministrations of a spa? I think not!

We will be watching your progress with interest and considering the theraputic value of this new space you call ‘rock’garden.

]]> By: Brigid Walsh http://www.steveaddison.net/2005/08/08/my-mentor-in-stone.html#comment-121 Brigid Walsh Mon, 08 Aug 2005 07:02:07 +0000 http://www.steveaddison.net/?p=89#comment-121 Onya, Steve. My late husband and I have worked a lot in stone in tropical Australia. My part was in the collecting. In Mount Isa, he did a wonderful stone wall. He would lay it in the cool(?) of summer evenings - one or two stubbies or cans in hand which, when emptied, would join the other reo and get cemented into the wall. He paved at least half of the back yard. All in a wonderful local stone which we had free access to. It was a sort of red slate is the best way for me to describe. In later years, we did the floor of a garden room and terrace on a rural property between the rainforest and the Pacific north of Townsville. This time there was no free access to wonderful flat stone - we collected stone from the side of the road as long as it was a reasonable size and had one flat side. Some years after he died I returned to my beloved Barkly Tableland, this time Tennant Creek. I built a low level dry stone wall with some large wide flat stones on top for sitting on. These stones are still in Tennant but in the wonderful tropical garden of a dear friend. My husband I didn't have a wonderful Adrian although an architect neighbour was an admirer of Joe's handiwork. Your time with Adrian must be a wonderful experience - to share this momentous task with an expert. We just practised and looked at wonderful works of stone and tried to learn from looking. The thing I believe you will learn Steve - and I look forward to hearing your comments - is about the stone itself. The stone as a microcosm of creation, of the planet: the way it splits, the face or faces it presents, the way it is placed or made to fit. We speak often of our Lord as the cornerstone - but we are in a world where most of us have lost the skills of working with such a natural product. Stone is quite different from the conformist uniformity of brick which can be laid row upon row and the skill is in how many are laid in a day. Sure judgment is needed with respect to mortar and experience needed in how much 'mud' on the trowel but stone.... That requires judgement, experience, skill - and feeling. A beautifully laid wall or building is an inspiration. There is something nostalgic and warm in its very being. Somehow - within us - we remember. Onya, Steve. My late husband and I have worked a lot in stone in tropical Australia. My part was in the collecting. In Mount Isa, he did a wonderful stone wall. He would lay it in the cool(?) of summer evenings – one or two stubbies or cans in hand which, when emptied, would join the other reo and get cemented into the wall. He paved at least half of the back yard. All in a wonderful local stone which we had free access to. It was a sort of red slate is the best way for me to describe. In later years, we did the floor of a garden room and terrace on a rural property between the rainforest and the Pacific north of Townsville. This time there was no free access to wonderful flat stone – we collected stone from the side of the road as long as it was a reasonable size and had one flat side. Some years after he died I returned to my beloved Barkly Tableland, this time Tennant Creek. I built a low level dry stone wall with some large wide flat stones on top for sitting on. These stones are still in Tennant but in the wonderful tropical garden of a dear friend. My husband I didn’t have a wonderful Adrian although an architect neighbour was an admirer of Joe’s handiwork. Your time with Adrian must be a wonderful experience – to share this momentous task with an expert. We just practised and looked at wonderful works of stone and tried to learn from looking. The thing I believe you will learn Steve – and I look forward to hearing your comments – is about the stone itself. The stone as a microcosm of creation, of the planet: the way it splits, the face or faces it presents, the way it is placed or made to fit. We speak often of our Lord as the cornerstone – but we are in a world where most of us have lost the skills of working with such a natural product. Stone is quite different from the conformist uniformity of brick which can be laid row upon row and the skill is in how many are laid in a day. Sure judgment is needed with respect to mortar and experience needed in how much ‘mud’ on the trowel but stone…. That requires judgement, experience, skill – and feeling. A beautifully laid wall or building is an inspiration. There is something nostalgic and warm in its very being. Somehow – within us – we remember.

]]> By: Bruce http://www.steveaddison.net/2005/08/08/my-mentor-in-stone.html#comment-120 Bruce Mon, 08 Aug 2005 06:14:06 +0000 http://www.steveaddison.net/?p=89#comment-120 Very impressive Steve! Looks fabulous Very impressive Steve! Looks fabulous

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