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Author | : Pat McAfee |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9781847172341 |
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Number One Bestseller A unique history and 'how to' book on one of Ireland's most distinctive landscape features - the stone wall. The Irish countryside is a patchwork of over 250,000 miles of stone wall. Built from local stone according to the style of each region - dry stone in the West and the Mourne mountains or mortar elsewhere - these walls are an intrinsic part of the landscape. This unique guide by expert stone mason Pat McAfee covers the history of this ancient tradition, giving illustrated examples and step-by-step instructions on constructing, conserving and repairing stone walls of all types - whether dry stone or mortar. It includes: History of stone in Ireland How to build dry stone and mortar walls Basic and more advanced techniques Dos and don'ts of repair work Appropriate conservation methods
Author | : Carolyn Murray-Wooley |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2014-07-11 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0813147794 |
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Gray rock fences built of ancient limestone are hallmarks of Kentucky's Bluegrass landscape. Why did Kentucky farmers turn to rock as fence-building material when most had earlier used hardwood rails? Who were the masons responsible for Kentucky's lovely rock fences and what are the different rock forms used in this region? In this generously illustrated book, Carolyn Murray-Wooley and Karl Raitz address those questions and explore the background of Kentucky's rock fences, the talent and skill of the fence masons, and the Irish and Scottish models they followed in their work. They also correct inaccurate popular perceptions about the fences and use census data and archival documents to identify the fence masons and where they worked. As the book reveals, the earliest settlers in Kentucky built dry-laid fences around eighteenth-century farmsteads, cemeteries, and mills. Fence building increased dramatically during the nineteenth century so that by the 1880s rock fences lined most roads, bounded pastures and farmyards throughout the Bluegrass. Farmers also built or commissioned rock fences in New England, the Nashville Basin, and the Texas hill country, but the Bluegrass may have had the most extensive collection of quarried rock fences in North America. This is the first book-length study on any American fence type. Filled with detailed fence descriptions, an extensive list of masons' names, drawings, photographs, and a helpful glossary, it will appeal to folklorists, historians, geographers, architects, landscape architects, and masons, as well as general readers intrigued by Kentucky's rock fences.
Author | : Patrick McAfee |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 175 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Stone walls |
ISBN | : 9780862784782 |
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Stone walls are a remarkable & historic feature of the Irish landscape. This book describes their history, showing the uses of stone in Ireland through the ages in walls & buildings. Includes a how-to section.
Author | : Alen MacWeeney |
Publisher | : White Lion Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Folklore |
ISBN | : 9780711213722 |
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This book captures the spirit of the Irish people, and the wildness of the land and history. Over 110 full colour spectacular photographs conjure up endless beauty from the Dingle peninsula up to County Donegal, from Connemara and the Aran Islands to Country Down and beyond.
Author | : Colm Toibin |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2020-02-11 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 0500545138 |
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A new, compact edition of Sean Scully’s photographs, featuring horizontal and vertical shards of limestone that echo his painted work and reveal a creative process best expressed through abstract shapes. Sean Scully, one of today’s most esteemed painters and an accomplished photographer, spent time on the remote Aran Islands, off the west coast of Ireland, photographing the ancient drystone walls that crisscross the stark and barren landscape. Sean Scully brings together his sensitive images, revealing the unexpected yet monumental beauty of these centuries-old structures that meander across the windswept and rocky islands. In their form and spirit, the photographs shed light on Scully’s own sensibilities as an artist. They also capture the stillness and serenity of this rugged, timeless place on the edge of Europe. This new edition features an evocative text by the award-winning Irish writer Colm To´ibi´n, which conveys the mysterious beauty of the three Aran Islands. This volume is a must-have for Sean Scully fans, as well as anyone with an interest in Ireland or photography.
Author | : Lew French |
Publisher | : Gibbs Smith |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2005-08-08 |
Genre | : House & Home |
ISBN | : 1423610962 |
Download Stone by Design Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
More than 125 gorgeous photographs showcase the beauty of award-winning stonemason Lew French's work in eight different homes, illustrating how rounded fieldstone, gray slate, rough granite, and even curvy driftwood can be incorporated into stunning pieces of functional art.
Author | : David Shaw-Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 255 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 9780500511428 |
Download Traditional Crafts of Ireland Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Shows and describes the techniques used in weaving, masonry, calligraphy, furniture making, basket weaving, metalwork, pottery, and other Irish traditional crafts.
Author | : Susan Allport |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1994-08 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780393312027 |
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In 1871 there were 252,539 miles of stone walls in New England and New York enough to circle the earth ten times.
Author | : John Shaw-Rimmington |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Dry stone walls |
ISBN | : 9781770857094 |
Download How to Build Dry-Stacked Stone Walls Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This text shows how to build a wall using the traditional method of dry stone masonry in which carefully selected stones are properly stacked and held together without mortar. As well as being beautiful, a dry stone wall is stronger, more stable and more resistant to climate than a mortared wall. More than 100 full colour photographs of walls, bridges and decorative garden elements in various steps of construction are presented as well as illustrations that show the steps and cross sections that highlight the building methods.
Author | : Angus J.L. Winchester |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2016-12-15 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1445651491 |
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Prof. Angus Winchester provides an illustrated history of the history and heritage of dry stone walling in Britain.