New England Stone WallsConstant Wonder • Season 2022, Episode 666
Sep 22, 2020 • 53m
New England Stone Walls
Guest: Kevin Gardner, former producer for NH public radio, stonemason, and author of “The Granite Kiss: Traditions and Techniques of Building New England Stone Walls”
Master stonemason Kevin Gardner has dedicated his life to building and restoring stone walls in New England. He shares techniques for building stone walls and stories of the struggles faced by early New England settlers.
Hand Hewn
Guest: Jack A. Sobon, architect and builder specializing in timber-framing, and Founding Director of Timber Framers Guild of North America
Constructing houses from wood, by hand, is a craft with thousands of years of history, and still has great value to us today, both for its structural and aesthetic values, as well as for the connections it has to the people building it and the land it came from.