stone carver

[DAVE SMITH]

Worth checking out this mans work,it's incredible! take a look at his latest work..
Dave
http://www.stonecarver.com/gallery.html

Dave

[Danny Baronian]

Hi Dave,

thanks for posting the link. I looked over his site a few years back, it's good to see again.

When Kathy and I were in Canada back in 01, we paid a visit to Doug in his old shop. Lot's of character, besides the
owner. I'll bet he doesn't miss hauling material and goods up and down the stairs.

Along with a visit to his shop, we visited a friend that ran the sign shop for Canada's Parliament and surrounding offices, some glass work, hand lettered proclamations, plaques and engravings for visiting dignitaries. She also took us through the stone shop that provides repairs and restoration for the Parliamentary buildings.

I'll try and post the photos sometime (pre digital) Huge, active shop. Back corner wall was a stair case in stone that ran into the supervisors shop. The yard was larger than the shop, with enough stone to provide matching color for required repairs. Beautiful craftsmanship.

You'd think they wouldn't be that busy, but were told the delivery trucks provided much of the repair work, as they frequently took chunks out of the buildings.

Danny

[Leo Calleros]

I spend a lot of time in DC and have been to the National Cathedral numerous times and he was one of the stone carvers that worked on that. I dont know exactly what he did specifically, but what ever it was, it musta been great to be in there. Some great stonework in there.