Joseph Conrad Stone Cutter

Joseph Conrad has worked & played in the stone industry for fifty years. From architectural drafting to quarrying to stone installations to founding a stone fabrication business to stone exploring and eventually to sculpture. His blog shares his lifetime of experience. It is meant to make the urban landscape understandable to everyone. He hopes to help provide a sense of place in the urban environment by providing his insights on stone history & fabrication.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

SOME BITS OF ADVICE GIVEN ME BY STONE PEOPLE

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Being around as long as I have one has heard a lot of sage advice from stone workers.   When I was a 23-year-old quarry worker, john Ale...
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

HOWARD, THE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY POUND MUSCLE MAN

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My Delivery System Moving stone, due to its mass, has always been a topic of conversation and interest to the general public. Pyra...
Monday, April 16, 2012

Stonecutters Provide the Human Touch

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The design of a stone tabernacle for a Portland, Oregon, church was completed with a partnership of design and craftsmanshipby Joseph Conrad...
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Sunday, April 15, 2012

THERE'S MARBLE IN THEM THERE ISLANDS (PART ONE)

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A piece of pure white marble from Mount Calder, Southeast Alaska. Native corporations have sold millions of dollars of this material to...
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Saturday, April 14, 2012

THERE'S MARBLE IN THEM THERE ISLANDS (PART TWO)

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(this blog should be read as a second part of my first blog on Alaska there will be more.) It's been 15 years since I last visited A...
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What Makes Stone Sculpture Special?

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There is  good information on the net on stone sculpture.  Most of it centers on the artist.  There is also a lot of good stuff on me...
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Friday, April 13, 2012

The Making of My "David"

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I acquired this piece of marble from Mt. Calder on Prince of Wales island in S. E. Alaska, working together with Gary Williams. I have ...
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Joseph Conrad has fifty years experience working in the stone fabrication industry. He is the founder of Conrad Stonecutter in Portland, Oregon (http://www.conradstonecutter.com).
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