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Stones, Water and Spirit

Finding a center through natures art

The Rainbow Stone

The Men of Stone showed their gratitude to Rainbow Canyon Ranch by installing a beautiful fountain near the office at the ranch. The final installation The design objective (without the deer or the tree) Most of the real work was done by my assistant Ruben. Jesse, an old friend, instructs Ruben at the site Ruben does the Excavation Ruben finishes the Hardscape Simon and Candy celebrate Rainbow Stone Art Photo Click here to see a complete list of the installations by The Men of Stone.

Free Ranging Rocks

There are two kinds of rocks in the world: “Free Ranging” and “Caged.”

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This picture illustrates the point nicely.  the large boulder and small rocks along the petunias in the foreground are free ranging the stones cemented into the walls are caged.  You can see that the free ranging stones are happier.  Is it stone torture?Read More »Free Ranging Rocks

Fishman Stone Installed

The Men of Stone shown here are celebrating the installation of the Fishman Stone: Dick, Simon and Howard We are now taking reservations for phase two stones. Contact Simon for more information The Stone And for the engineers: An installation detail.

The Fishman Stone

Today the Men of Stone are installing the Fishman Stone.  This is our first qualified installation in the second phase. This picture shows it during its trial on the test stand. This picture answers the question: “how do you lift them?”

The Colbert Stone

The Men of Stone completed their first public installation last week at Colbert Studios 94 North Baldwin in Sierra Madre, CA.  The owner of Colbert Studios, Allyn Colbert was extremely gracious, helpful and cooperative in allowing us to make this installation. DeLoss admires the Colbert Stone. Dr  Payne and DeLoss with the new installation. During the last two years, what I call the learning phase of our enterprise, the Men of Stone have discovered, recovered, designed and installed seven stones at no charge.  We have… Read More »The Colbert Stone

Latest Fountain Installed

We (The Men of Stone) finally finished the installation of the fountain in the David’s garden It looks good.  This is our fifth permanent installation and both the product and the installation technique are continuing to improve.  We now have only two more stones in stock available for experimental installation. The stone in place before the fountain. The first installation attempt successfully using the hoist Before the landscaping Simon shows his pride in the the new stone by giving it a hug  

Garden Art

In Santa Fe we bought a garden sculpture/mobile from a very nice young man, Ben Malley at Wiford Gallery. I finally arrived and I finally installed it. When the wind blows it turns and reminds me of flowers. When the wind doesn’t blow it just looks like a very nice copper sculpture in the garden. The manufacturer is Whitaker Studios in St George, Utah. Happy New Year!

Sculpture Garden in San Francisco

Here are a few photos of a beautiful Zen garden Nurit took me to see in San Francisco.  I wanted to walk along the waterfront but Nurit insisted that we go down along Market Street.  Suddenly tucked in between two high rises was this garden with flowing water and rough cut granite. my beautiful guide  one of several water falls My favorite 

Installation in Arcadia

The Men of Stone just finished a three stone installation in Arcadia.  It is in the front yard of Howard R’s house and looks terrific. This was our best installation to date.  It was completed in one day, we solved the basin lip problem and “The Doctor” did all of the mechanical engineering. Howard was in charge of the logistics I did the design and supervision and two day laborers did all of the heavy lifting. The Men of Stone We will be making three… Read More »Installation in Arcadia