Rock Opera Stoneworks

11/26/2021

Indoor summer project in Mount Shasta - full stone wood stove back panel utilizing my clients spectacular 20-year stone collection. Lots of ocean and river energy. Massive fun.

03/24/2021

I think we did this in 2017, but not sure. The newspaper article timed out so the original post fizzled out. New Forest Service informational kiosk sign at Bunny Flat Trailhead, Mount Shasta. Designed and installed (and paid for!) by Marrone Construction and friends.

Stonework by Rock Opera Stoneworks. Full stone cladding (8" deep) over reinforced concrete structural wall. Andesite and rhyolite boulders selected and hand-split on site. Its actually about 40% split-face and 60% natural face. But splitting it with a splitting maul and sledge (2 person team) on site by hand was a blast!

05/02/2018

Various stone projects completed in Mount Shasta and Sonoma County over the paste few years.

05/01/2018

Here are some old project photos working with Nicholas Tomkins

01/31/2017

SAVE THE DATE! Join us for the next gathering of the stone tribe in the beautiful Flint Hills of Kansas. We will have the announcement with all the details out shortly. Stay tuned!

12/01/2016

03/15/2016

I feel privileged to have enjoyed a magical week of stone play and education with master stoneworkers from around the world...the Stonework Symposium XIV hosted by The Stone Foundation...under a canopy of redwood trees grouped in formations known as "angel rings"...five short minutes from the Pacific Ocean...with good food and friends, old and new...laughing all day long...at the beautiful Gualala Arts Center, Gualala, CA this January.

My contributions included "Yoga for Stonemasons" sessions several mornings for a small but dedicated troup of early risers, and a "multimedia" presentation on the construction of the chimbususa, a Tibetan ceremonial cremation oven, for Geshe Sopa at the Deer Park Bhuddist Center in Madison, WI in 2014.

Will post some pics soon. Fantastic job by the folks at The Stone Foundation and The Gualala Arts Center! Thank you!!!

03/15/2016

Great video showing the cast of characters - stone masons, carvers, quarriers, sculptors, designers, artists, geologists, assorted aficionados and lovers of all things stone - at the Stonework Symposium XIV, presented by www.StoneFoundation.Org, in Gualala, CA this past January. Note the interesting soundtrack - the original rock music! Some of the best people, and most talented stone craftsmen and craftswomen, in the world.

08/21/2015

Coming back to Wisco in September to the Driftless Folk school. Please share with anyone interested in the magic of stone! With the illustrious and rascally stonemason and friend
plus Dave Irving and Nick Groves!

03/25/2015

John and Rock Opera Stoneworks moved to Mount Shasta, CA in September, 2014.

08/22/2014