The 8th Annual Gathering of the Stone Foundation
Barre Granite Museum
11 - 14 September 2008
Stonework demonstrations, competitions and presentations across a broad spectrum of stone disciplines.
Presentations and demonstrations included talks and slide presentations on geology, lithology, vernacular acrchitecture, stone roadways, constructions and bridges in Vermont and Norway, dry stone arch bridge reconstruction, granite splitting; japanese style, marble sculpture carving, slate lettering. Also featured were talks on moving megalithic stones, the Vermont granite industry, scottish quarries, stone sculpting and carving, and stone sculpture symposiums.
Wall building judges Dan Snow and Neil Rippingale.