Tag: Traditional Craftsmanship
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When Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote Ozymandias in 1817, he was captivated by the news of a massive fragment of a statue of Ramesses II arriving at the British Museum. The poem he produced is perhaps the most famous meditation on the transience of power, yet for those who work with stone, the most compelling figure…
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In the tradition of the traveling Court Masters of the Renaissance, my career has been defined by a nomadic devotion to stone. To understand the soul of a cathedral or the strength of a fortress, one must not only touch the stone but walk the land from which it sprang. The Alpine Descent My journey…