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.

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Why Blog About Stone??

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Socrates was a stonecutter. I suspect his wife wanted more stonecutting and less dialogue. But I am sure he would probably blog if he was st...
Saturday, April 21, 2012

STONECUTTERS URBAN ECOLOGY 101: URBAN THERAPY

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Living and walking about a city is always an exciting experience for me as a stone history buff. Something new around every corner. It'...
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Friday, April 20, 2012

Form As A Result of Historic Process

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They say form follows function This paper says sometimes form is a result of historic process I published an article in stone world m...
Thursday, April 19, 2012

The Lost Trade of Stone Cutting

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An essay by Joseph Conrad describing stone construction before gang saws or compressed air, 1800 to 1900 Have you ever thought about ho...
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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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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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