Randy Ruth demonstrates how to stack stone on a rubble trench foundation without mortar. He spreads a thin layer of sand over compacted gravel, sets the lead stones with a mallet and checks level, then fills in between.

Ben Sperry demonstrates shows how to properly handle an ax. He finds the center of his strike with the head of the maul, lifts the handle until the ax is straight up and down over his head, and guides the blade to his mark.

|workshop photos by Angela Carbone|

This is one element of my undergraduate thesis. Special thank you to my advisors Luben Dimcheff and Lily Chi.