A Tribute to Hoddies

Hod carriers (hoddies) are the lowest laborers on a masonry crew.  They deliver brick and/or stone to the masons.  They do it differently in Bangladesh than in the U.S.

The Stone Artistry of Lew French

Splitting Stone with Wedges and Shims

A demonstration of splitting stone with wedges and shims (also called plugs and feathers) by stone tool maker Trow and Holden.

How To Build Drystone Walls
and Rock Fences

A video by the National Center for Preservation of Technology and Training (NCPTT) concerning historical dry stone walls in the United States.

The History of the World from a Stone’s Point of View

This is an amusing video produced by Filmakademie in Germany.  Stone (really in this case rocks and outcrops) have a much longer lifetime than humans.  Humans and animals evolve, civilizations rise and fall but the rock that makes up the earth continues to exist on a whole different time scale.