Finding a center through natures art
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
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There are two kinds of rocks in the world: “Free Ranging” and “Caged.”
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? Continue reading Free Ranging Rocks
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.
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The Stone
And for the engineers:
An installation detail.
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 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 learned a lot about the process and what works and doesn’t and are now ready to begin the next phase of our project. In the next phase we will install seven to ten large stones at cost on qualified sites. Qualified is a term of art that will be defined as we go along.
Our objective in the second phase will be to perfect our skills and to begin positioning the art for marketing in the final phase. These stone fountains are works of art. They are difficult to create and require a coordinated effort of a number of artists, craftsmen and engineers. The final price will have to reflect this reality.
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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
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!
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
This photo shows a cannon gin:
Lifting circa 1864
This photo shows a boulder gin:
Lifting circa 2007
Things don’t change much.
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 more installations this summer. The sound of running water in the front garden is a great pleasure. It is economical to run, low maintenance, artistic, and attracts birds. Life is good.