Skills are hard to attain, there is time and pain involved in skill building. Sometimes a rest, given time can yield a quantum leap in the underlying principles and on another try learning is magnified.
@jjefferyworboys81383 жыл бұрын
Incredible skills still relevant today. I found the modern commercial approach equally interesting. Great series.
@scorpioninpink6 жыл бұрын
LOL. The suggestion of Suzanne to Nigel would have been better than his original plan. Glad Suzanne won this one.
@carolstrauchler88683 жыл бұрын
Glad I found this. My Great great great grandfather was a master stonemason born in the Wirral.
@johnbosco82094 жыл бұрын
Let people learn like the team, i appreciate all of them
@victorlucaslindbloom24504 жыл бұрын
Go Susan! i knew you were the best. nobody lost.
@shanea13145 жыл бұрын
thankyou again for this,, im so happy Susan won..all did so so AWESOME..THANK YOU :)
@littlenemos1536 Жыл бұрын
I think at the end of the day, Suzanne is the one who will most likely be able to integrate stone masonry into her current work without seeing a salary drop to minimum wage as she's already an artist who works with stone. Either of the other contestants would be hard pressed to totally change their lives around to integrate traditional masonry.
@sgtboz97304 жыл бұрын
Excellent display. Thank you from America...
@sumantrawat55869 жыл бұрын
Beautiful piece great job by Monty Don. Slow and steady (Suzanne) wins the race!
@maximk78164 жыл бұрын
this is just incredible
@amherst8810 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much for posting these -- fascinating and uplifting.
@righteousred7233 жыл бұрын
Agreed. The overall story of the series was heartearming
@seanmcguire79746 жыл бұрын
Nigel is great at this. He should've done this when he was a kid. Never too late tho
@29tashn9 жыл бұрын
I found this quite interesting, thanks for sharing with us🎨
@shonaleroux97484 жыл бұрын
Soooooo interesting such beautiful old stone buildings, amazing. Such a fanatic craft, ut should be treated with great respect.❤❤💎💎
@mrrobbiezed9 жыл бұрын
I think they all did well but Nigel has a serious attitude problem. He's probably never wrong and thinks he's better than anyone else. I'm glad Suzanne won in the end,lovely piece of work. Well done.
@Mendezfarriercompany3065 жыл бұрын
Where I come from that's called positive attitude for Nigel nothing wrong with being positive and happy with your work and I didn't see him poking fun on anybody else or anything like that so good for Nigel
@KarleneE4 жыл бұрын
Nigel was aiming to win, not embracing learning. The point was for them to learn. Clearly he has skill, but there is a fine line between confidence and arrogance.
@cccccc116 күн бұрын
He was infinitely better than the woman who won.
@TheDublin478 жыл бұрын
Yes he was right Suzanne was in my books the out right winner I would like to have that piece in my garden
@Mossyz.9 жыл бұрын
I once drawed round my hand on a stone and used a hammer and flat screw driver to carve a stone hand ......its actually still in my garden after 20 years ago :)
@alexhopkins84399 жыл бұрын
what about freemasonry ;) leighmossien2009
@Joebunkyss18 жыл бұрын
nothing to do with.....let it go.
@madLphnt7 жыл бұрын
lol scott
@JayJay-ki4mi5 жыл бұрын
Proof that slow and steady wins the race.
@fourthaeon94187 жыл бұрын
I can't relax because I wan't to be "good" I know this feeling, I wish there was a word for it.
@Auriflamme6 жыл бұрын
There is: Perfectionism.
@chalise735 жыл бұрын
It's also called performance anxiety.
@nnoffuture5 жыл бұрын
Choking
@artificialturf39739 жыл бұрын
awesome video ,but one main issue with the stone that was not mentioned was the way the stone laid in the ground is the way it should be placed into the building. compression rates. but over all 8/10
@jordanwalsh79524 жыл бұрын
This is not always the case, depending in where it will go innthe building, it will either be laid naturally bedded or joint bedded, laying it face bedded will cause the beds to delaminate and the stone to structurally fail in years/decades rather than centuries.
@scorpioninpink6 жыл бұрын
That workshop who uses modern tools needs to have a better ventilation system. That is just too polluted.
@KarleneE4 жыл бұрын
I thought the same. Where's the negative air machines or water filtration or something?
@kenmunoz85176 жыл бұрын
This is a beautiful program... for what is life if not for art.
@jonathanthorne99805 жыл бұрын
Take a look at the Scouts memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum
@shanea13145 жыл бұрын
thank you very much, for this awesome awesome class..:) i was looking for this sort of video, it was on my mind.. and BOOM,,, here you are.. :)
@ailinieminen4348 жыл бұрын
We watched the series and loved every minute of learning.....
@miguelmarquez41925 жыл бұрын
Im most interested in trimming stone for building blocks. Where i live in colorado theyre primarily rectangular with a slight bulge to the face in buildings built in the 1800s and very early 1900s. Suggestions any and all?
@persebra9 жыл бұрын
I LOVE videos about crafts and artisans. So many wonderful people have posted so many terrific videos. There was a multipart doc on the house of Chanel, A multipart doc on perfumes, Cartier put out short videos on their craftwork. I just finished watching a video about japanese carpentry where they dont use any nails, screw or bolts. In fact I might put together a playlist of it.
@AlmanoftheyearFilms8 жыл бұрын
I've been interested in stonemasonry for a while but can't find any schools or programs where I live (Washington, DC), it seems the only extensive training programs I can find are outside of the U.S. Anyone know of any senior masons or apprenticeship programs/workshops in the Washington. DC area where I can learn this trade?
@jackobrien71488 жыл бұрын
Head over to the National cathedral and speak to the stone masons in the little shed behind the church. They'll point you in the right direction.
@geeznogoodname7 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know what the mallets are made out of? Looks like white plastic.
@jerrylong3817 жыл бұрын
I think the mallets are made of Celcon, also known as Delrin. It's very dense and almost unbreakable.
@geeznogoodname7 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@jordanwalsh79524 жыл бұрын
They are made out of nylon
@Norfolk2503 жыл бұрын
She’s “learned a huge amount of knowledge”
@cyrusgraham98427 жыл бұрын
They had a worker's union during the times of the Building of King Solomons Temple.
@howlinsg19685 жыл бұрын
No such thing existed.
@JohnSmith-wx4ts4 жыл бұрын
@@howlinsg1968 hate to break it to you, but builders used to run the world. And we're on our way back to it
@tipthetube32192 жыл бұрын
Ooo HEIGHTS.....noooo,going dizzy just watching this. Shame, what a skill to command.
@mitchio862 жыл бұрын
They all did very well
@craxd16 жыл бұрын
Trivia: What movie made Hardwick Hall famous everywhere, even though they added steep spires on top to hide the stonework with the initials ES? Who supposedly lived at this manor in the movies?
@GroberWeisenstein2 жыл бұрын
once you reach that meditative state of competence speed arrives.
@ArtisanDommy6 жыл бұрын
I just wonder how much salary craftman can earn in one month working in stonemasonry. This work seems very hard .
@markuslebt9 жыл бұрын
every time he say trainees work, i hear "chinese work" LOL
@IAW8884 жыл бұрын
Amazing craft
@ailinieminen4348 жыл бұрын
just completed the series.....very, very thought-provoking....and fun!
@maximk78164 жыл бұрын
what kind of stone this is?
@Freeknickers246 жыл бұрын
It would have been so epic if he had've knocked one of Elizabeth's initials out.
@chrismalcomson76403 жыл бұрын
Interesting skill to learn but a tough job which would probably leave you with lung problems later in life with all that dust. Like many crafts its about 5% artistry and 95% graft...
@sadeghjabbari5414 жыл бұрын
شما کارتون عالیه وهر کدام تان یک حرفه ای هستید You are a great cartoonist and each of you is a professional
@schlirf7 жыл бұрын
Oh man oh man, so much as been lost in this "new" age.
@godfrey_of_america6 жыл бұрын
What is the name of the host?
@TheGraniteFlaneur5 жыл бұрын
Monty Don, a UK gardener/ tv presenter.
@boblove65748 жыл бұрын
thanks for ur input. what a nasty passive aggressive NOB glad he didn't win. never STOP loving xx
@walkingturtlejones92398 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!
@ramairgto729 жыл бұрын
Anyone know the end credit music?
@andrewwilson90484 жыл бұрын
Bold Prediction by Paul Mottram
@Tailss16 жыл бұрын
Is that sandstone they are working with?
@jordanwalsh79524 жыл бұрын
I believe it is, majority of stones worked in the north of England are sandstone, in the south is mainly limestone like Bath and Portland stones
@taipeikartman8 жыл бұрын
Reminder to self: Buy an 8 axis CNC stone and wood cutter.
@ericunderwood67286 жыл бұрын
StinkyTofu Tuesday Farted! she's my Dog!
@edsemaj8 жыл бұрын
very NICE !
@milliegreenwelljones54947 жыл бұрын
22:00
@Norfolk2503 жыл бұрын
My hands as a knitter. Yup. I get it
@Joebunkyss18 жыл бұрын
its a very satisfiying trade but no much call for old school stone wrk just walls and repairs.
@adamisaninja37438 жыл бұрын
suesanne is my friends mum xD
@milliegreenwelljones54947 жыл бұрын
adamisaninja Suzanne**
@Freeknickers246 жыл бұрын
I'm glad I watched this even though I didn't learn the details. They were not presented to me btw.
@Rya_N334 жыл бұрын
I wouldn’t let them keep my sundial
@maineoutdoorsman6777 жыл бұрын
Let's look at it this way the first man used stone on stone then with the Bronze Age started using tools then the progressed into modern hand tools .its the natural progression into power tools.it all seems Natural an it will progress to something easier logically.
@kc28233 жыл бұрын
Nigel's design was bombastic in his approach and not sympathetic to the environment. Arrogant.
@chrismiller83847 жыл бұрын
Try it on an airstream helmet and mask.
@sharonmacdonaldwilliams10705 жыл бұрын
As a Journeyman Stonemason (4years, mostly carving) I found this to be a really interesting piece. However, I totally disagree with the winning sundial. This was about STONEmasonry not a hybrid stone, metal,water (and what apeared to be a plastic insert) sundial. She should have been required to demonsrate her skills in stone and stone alone. yes indeed, Suzanne is an "Artist" but then, since the first stonemason cut and laid one stone upon another through UR, Ancient Egypt, Rome, Greece the Medieval period and the Renaissence through to today all of us have always been "ARTISTS"!!!!
@suzannejones7268 Жыл бұрын
I hand carved the whole piece! It’s metal the insert, and that was hand shaven, sanded and planed too. You need to understand the work that went into it before you judge. Thank you for your time. My time was hard graft STONE MASONRY FOR A WEEK!!!!!!!! No machines! Suzanne - the outright winner 😅
@billie-jobenway86585 жыл бұрын
Nitpicky as hell, but I cringe every time a Brit refers to a king, queen, other nobility, or rich person having built a structure. They paid for it, had it built, in a few cases even took part in the actual planning and architecture but they didn't carve or lift one stone or cut on piece of wood.
@Fly0High4 жыл бұрын
Much like american presidents pay for elections and companies pay to get "their" products made in China and Bangladesh. It's a matter of perspective.
@steffanholt62739 жыл бұрын
didn't see the senior mason demonstrate is skills in masonry, why wasnt the master mason teaching them instead.
@scorpioninpink6 жыл бұрын
That is also my issue with this episode. In the weaving and stained glass episode, master of their crafts tought the students.
@brikkijim5 жыл бұрын
I would call these people stone fabricators not necessarily Masons. I'd be surprised to see them actually install these pieces into the wall.
@luke_fabis4 жыл бұрын
Well, this thoroughly disabused me of any romantic ideas about handwork. It’s a job, difficult and unpleasant as any other. Makes me wonder why restorative stonemasons haven’t switched to multi-axis CNC milling. Take a 3D scan, clean up the data in CAD, then have a machine carve it to a greater degree of precision and repeatability than any human hand could accomplish. A robot could do in a few hours what would take a master mason several days. For that matter, I have to wonder why stones aren’t coated with some kind of water repellent treatment for longevity’s sake. We know many types of stone dissolve over time, and all stones will gradually erode. Might as well arrest or at least retard the process. Material science has come a long way since the medieval era.
@Fly0High4 жыл бұрын
Most stone work is there for a reason, it's not just about the shape of the material but the look and feel of it. It was pretty well illustrated, machinery is used to replace the dull and tedious work, especially the removal of unwanted patched of stone and getting a perfectly flat surface. If you're doing restoration work though, the contractor is looking for a restoration. That includes the imperfections and personality that comes with hand chisel. Some finishes of stone can only be achieved satisfactorily by hand. Same goes if you're ordering an artistic piece. It is one of a kind and so only a certain amount of mechanic tools can be used. For general purpose stone though, tiles, counter tops, grave stones, etc, it's perfectly standard to use mechanised cutting machines because you're doing a lot of Standard objects in batches. It makes economic sense to invest in an expensive machine and maintenance contract. As far as the treatment of stone, it really depends on weather you're working with soft stones like sandstone or limes or if you're working with hard stones like granites. The contractors that are picking soft stones are going after the look and feel of natural stone. Covering it up with a resin defeats the purpose. You might as well do the thing in plastic or resin from the start.
@luke_fabis4 жыл бұрын
@@Fly0High No reason it has to be something like a thick resin coating. Just something to repel water effectively. A layer of silica can do plenty, provided it has the appropriate microstructure.
@gee38834 жыл бұрын
Interesting on many levels. Those guys working/slaving in that workshop with those grinders won't be able to breath in later life, shame on that company they should be reported.
@cccccc116 күн бұрын
Limestone is inert and doesn’t have silica
@scottyee7076 жыл бұрын
so they end this with an art competition... I came here to learn how building were made and sculpted not garden art.
@freshwaterwi3 жыл бұрын
The point of this program was never going to be about how a building is made. You learned about how stone is worked for use in a building.
@ResilientEnergy5 жыл бұрын
tedious leftwing video production that doesn't focus on skill or teaching
@freshwaterwi3 жыл бұрын
Are you sure you are commenting on the right video??? #wow
@juliajs17527 ай бұрын
you missed the point that this is entertainment, not a how-to tutorial.