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The Art of the Stonemason [Paperback]

Ian Cramb (Author)

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Product Details

Paperback: 174 pages
Publisher: Betterway Publications (April 1992)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1558702253
ISBN-13: 978-1558702257
Product Dimensions: 27.4 x 21.1 x 1.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 522 g

Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #461,110 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #87 in Books > Home & Garden > How-to & Home Improvements > Masonry

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The author, a fifth-generation master stonemason who has worked on the U.S. Capitol building as well as numerous edifices in his native Scotland, has compiled an impressive guide to both building and restoring stonework. Excellent illustrations, photographs, and a comprehensive text all help explain an extremely complex subject in terms comprehensible to lay readers. Cramb shows how to build numerous structures, including walls, arches, and towers, and how to restore or preserve existing edifices. Other sections describe different types of stones, stonemason's terminology, and tools and their use. This outstanding work will appeal to architects, renovators, and historians as well as anyone interested in how large stone buildings like castles were built. Recommended for academic and public libraries.
- Jonathan Hershey, Akron-Summit Cty. P.L., Ohio
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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A fifth-generation stonemason discusses how to choose stone, build a wall on sloping ground, circular walls, windowsills, fireplaces, stairs, arches and hunchbacked bridges.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Another good on Stone Masonry., Dec 16 2002

Scott Knudsen (Air Ronge, Saskatchewan Canada) - See all my reviews
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Another good book on traditional stone masonry. I wish there was some some colour photos in it. It does have some information that is not found in other stone mason books. Add it to your Stone Masonry library.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Art of the Stonemason, Feb 4 2002

"r_vanneman" (Fairfax, VA United States) - See all my reviews

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Excellent book if you are really intrested in learning the trade! Specifications on building substantial projects, basic principles of stone masonry. Feels like an apprenticeship as you read and study. Unfortunately, no one to ask questions of which you're bound to encounter. Even adds section on cutting stone- the only one I've seen.

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4.0 out of 5 stars good book from an experienced mason, Mar 27 1999

jjmtken@onlineimage.com (New York State) - See all my reviews

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This book was great (except for its lack of color pictures). The stonemason showed a great many illustrations of stonework - ranging from walls, restoration, and arches. I think it was a good introduction to the fine art of stonemasonry.

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