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Contents

 

· The Artifex Project
· The Craft
· The Workshop
. Database of Images

· Tools
· Guide of Shop Tricks
· Recycling guide
· Materials
· Techniques
· Lime, cement & masonry
· Restoring of Stone
· Drawing
· Design
· Excel for Stoneworkers
· Demos
· Vídeos
· History of Art
· Myths & Legends
· Simbology & Tradition
· Unsolved Enigmas
· Histories
· Celebrities
. Architectural and Technic Treaties
· Thought
· Language
· Painting, Poetry, Music ...
· Humor
· Balearic Islands
· Resources & Links
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Difficulty Level 3
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TheArtifex Project
 

. Stoneworking : IndexNivell de dificultat 2
. Introduction: Fundamentals: SpecializalitiesNivell de dificultat 2
· Stoneworking ModuleNivell de dificultat 2
· Balearic Stonework ModuleNivell de dificultat 2
. Press Articles About The ProjectNivell de dificultat 2


· Introduction & ObjectivesNivell de dificultat 2
· Acreditations & Diplomas Nivell de dificultat 3
· Text ComprehensionNivell de dificultat 2
· Correspondents& CollaboratorsNovetat
· Collaborations And Backing in The Artifex Project Nivell de dificultat 2
· FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Nivell de dificultat 2
· Disclaimer Of Responsabilities & CopyrightNivell de dificultat 2
Bank of Images
 
Database of Stone Images : Arches Balusters Bridges Benches Doors Canales Columns Cups Cornices Crosses Coat of arms, Fountains Masks Corbels Holy water stoups, Picas Staircases Stone Floors Walling Windows
 

Database Of Images: Introduction


The Craft
 

Considerations Of The Craft

 

 

 

 

 
..Shop Or Work Outside?
. Complementary Offer
. Marketing For Artisans I
. Marketing For Artisans II: Corporative Image and Quality
. Marketing For Artisans III : DAFO
. Marketing For Artisans IV: Competitors
. Marketing For Artisans V: Loyalty Programms
. Marketing For Artisans VI: The ''Corte Inglés'' Case
. Treatment Of Complains I : The importance of a Complain
. Atention To The Client: Management Of Intangibles
. Handling Of Expectations
The shop
 

. Basic Requirements For A Stonecutter Workshop
. The Budget
. Amateur Shop, Proffesional Shop
.The Medieval Stonecutter Shop

 


 
. Ergonomy
. Spine Education
. Security
. Manual Of Hygiene & Security
. Cleaning, Ordering, Planning
. Vocabulary
. Recycling
. Providers Listing
The Tools
 

.. The Workbench
. The Carving Bench
. The Vise
. The Sledge hammer
. Hammers
. Stone hammers

. Impact Drill
. Dented Chisels
. Chisels
. Uñetas
. Curved Chisels
. Punches
. The "Uixol"
. Trenchant
. Rasping Files
. Rasquetas
. Rasps and Scrappers
. The "Verduc"
. The Angle Grinder
. Discs for Angle Grinders
. Random Orbital Sanders
. Belt Sanders
. Flexible Axe Motor
. Routers
. Milling cutters&Drills
. Bits I : Stone
. Punching
. Texturing
.. Engraving
. Polishing
. Arbortech
. Rotary Cutter
. Woodpecker

 

. Fundamentals: Balance
. Measuring Tools
. Square False Square, ruler
. Roman Square
.. Cutter
. Calipers, Dividers
. Dividers "de vara"
. "Taulaplom"
. The "gramil"
. Templates And Countertemplates
. Curves Template
. Rib Template
. Forged Tools
. Widia Tools
. Steel Types
. Cutting Angles
. Bits III : Iron And Steel
. Bits III : Wood
. Screwdrivers
. Knots
. Wood I : Fundamentals
. Wood II: Defects And Treatments
. Carpentry of Assemblage I: Roof Types
. Carpentry of Assemblage II: Canecillos
. Carpentry of Assemblage III: Vocabulary

 

 

 


Shop Tricks
 

. Rasps For Sandstone
. Sanding Moulds
. Lead for stepped walls
. Deep Stone Cutting
. División Of A Stone Block
. Levelling Of A Bowl
. Grip to Hold Stones
. Moving A Big Stone Block
. Displacement Of Limestone Blocks
. Bench Of Graduable Height
. The wind And The Angle Grinder
. Turner For Bowls


 
. Centering Device
. Centering Device For Pipes
. Centering Device For Circles
. Long Dividers
. Bench Vise With Control Of Height
. Keeping Vise Jaws Alligned
. Candles Without Drops
. Using A Comb As Dividers
. Glues
. Making Glass-Cleaner
. Working With Paint
. Tracing Of An Ellipse With Dividers
. Weighting A Big Weight With Small Scales
. Sanding Blocks
Recycling
 

. Stone Recycling
. How To Make A Grinding Stone
.The Marble Shop Waste Container
. To Build With Garbage
. Recycling In Building
. To Build With Ashes
. Bioclimatic Architecture: The Earthship

 

 

 

 

 

 

. Recycling
. Steel And Iron Recycling
. Used Oil Recycling
. Timber Recycling
. Electrical Appliance Recycling
. Glass Recycling
. Making Wood With Old Newspapers
. Quenching The Fireplace: Charcoal.
. Solar Furnace
. The "Punt Verd"
. Buying Chinese Villages
. Recycling Containers
. A responsible Actitude Towards Wrapping
. Domestic Ecology
. How To Reduce Garbage Amount
. ''Moral Recycling''
. Drugs And Medicines

Materials
 
Sandstones
. Limestones
. Marbles
. Marés (sandstone)I: Material
. Marés II: Handling
. Marés III: Terminology
. Marés IV: Cut
. Binissalem Stone
. Granites
. Basalts
. Obsidian
. Slate
. Conglomerates
. Agate , Aquemarine, . Amethyst
. Beryl
. Citrine, Rock Crystal , Quartz
. Diamond
. Emerald
. Granate
. Jade Jasper Heliotrope
. Cat Eye Tiger Eye
. Onyx Opal Porfido Ruby
. Soapstone
. Silex
. Topaz Tourmaline
. Sapphire
. Xilopal
. Fossils
 

. Geology
. Cristalography
. Mineralogy:
. Mohs Scale
. Cutting Of Gems

. Molds
. Templates and Counter-templates
. Glues And Epoxi Resins
. Repairing Technics
. Sandblasting
. Polishing Drum
. Water-jet
. Láser Cleaning
. Other Minerals

 

 

 


Téchniques
 

. Laying Foundations of Cement
. "Pared Seca" (Stone walling)- Márges-
. Stone Floors And Mosaics
. Repairing Techniques
. The Column
. The "entorxada" column (Twisted Helicoidal)
. The Lintel
. The Arch I : Vocabulary
. The Arch II. Behaviour
. Arches: Rule Of The Third Part
. Discharge Arches
. The Arch III: Types
. The Arch IV: Traditional Arches Of Baleares
. Ogival arch l: Understanding

. Vault I
. Vault II
. Vault III
. Vault IV: Construction Technique
. Vault V: Construction Technique
. Staircases
. Staircases: Exercise
. The " Volta" (Vaulted) Staircase
. The Spiral Staircase
. The Majorcan Spiral Staircase
. Domes I: Types
. Domes II : The Drum
. Bridges
. Stereotomy Of Stone
. Galibar (calculate entasis)Of A Column

 

. Sharpening
. Moulds
. Templates
. Glues And Epoxy Resins
. Sandblasting
. Water-jet
. Láser Cleaning
. Carving I
. Carving II: Tools And Techniques: Pointed Cold Chisel, Hand Drill( Trephine)
. Carving III: Scaler, Dented Chisel

 

 

 

 

 


Lime, Cement And Masonry
 

. Mortars
. Cements
. Roman Cements
. The Roman Brick
. Lime Mortars
. Puzolanas (Roman Hidraulic Cements)
. Manufacture Of Cement
. Analisis of Old Mortars
. The "Caleros" (Lime Makers)
. Polichromy At Chichen-Itza
. Mexican Stuccos
. Stuccos And Wall Coverings
. Stuccos
. Polichromy And Stone

 

  Cisterns
. Treatise of Fresco Painting By Andrea Cennini
. Earths And Colors By Vitrubio
. The Color
. E-Texts of the "Patronato del Alcazar de Sevilla"

 

 

 


Stone Restauration
 
. The Cordoba Door
. Stone Deterioration
. Marés (Sandstone) Deterioration
 
. Restoration And Conservation
. Criteria Of Restoration
. Consolidators
Drawing
 

. The Classic Orders
. Ionic Order
. Doric Order
. Corintic Order
. Composed Order
. Tuscan Order
. Scamozzi Capital
. Romanesque Capital
. Acanthus Leaf
. Rosetas
. Carasses ( Masks)
. Traditional Gutter
. Eigh-Sided Column
. The Arch
. Arch types
. Tracing of the Round Arch
. Tracing Of the basket-handle Arch
. Tracing of the Lowered Arch
. Tracing of the Conopial Arch
. Tracing 0f the Pointed Arch
. The Catenary (Staircase)
. The Solomonic Column
. Tracing of a "claustra"

 

 

 

 

 


 
. Fundamentals : The Rule Of Three
. The Squares
. Calculation Of Heights With Squares 1
. Calculation Of Heights With Squares 2
. Floor plans And Cross Section.
. Scale
. Elevation Marks
. Normalized Lines
. Chart Reading
. Projectión And Perspective I
. Projectión And Perspective II
. Optics I: Eye Stucture
. Optics II: How To See A Sculpture
. Basic Geometry
. Basic Tracings: Perpendiculars
. Polygons I: Introductión
. Polygons II
. Polygons III
. Transport Of An Angle
. Graph Paper
. Vegetal Paper
. Carbon Paper
. Use Of Computer
. Use Of Scanner
. Use oOf Photocopier
. The Spatial Conception: The Potatoe
. Providing A Template
. Areas
. Volumes
. The Spiral
. The Ellipse
. Cycloids
. The Human Body I : Head
. The Human Body II: Trunk And Limbs
. The Human Body: Bones
. The Human Body: Muscles
Design
 

. Evolution in Stone Design
. Keys Of Sculpture I: Concept, Instrumental, Material
. Keys II: Place, Spectator
. Keys III: Proportions, Mov, Light...
. Keys IV: Volum, Relief
. Keys V: Movement, Stillness
. Roman Military Architecture
. The Merida Roman Bridge
. Capitals
. Volutes Of Capital
. Gothic Design: The Technical Heritage
. Inca Antiseismic Construction

 

 
. Funcions Of A Good Design
. Basic Design
. Conservation And Restoration Of Historical Patrimony
. Re-design Of A Style
. Currents And Tendencies Of Design
. Alphabets Of The World
. Evolution Of the Cuneiform Scripture
. Celtic motives .
. The Islam II: Ornamentation
. The Ornament
. Mata Ortiz I .II
Excel For Stonecutters
 

. Excel For stonecutters

 

 

 
. Spreadsheets : Excel Templates
. Measures
. Old Measures
. Roman Measures
. Old Majorcan Measures
. Programs And Utilities
Demos
 
. Basic Technics:
. Roughing-Cutting-Punching-Dented Chiseling-. Chiselling
. Squaring Of A Block
. Mouth of a Well
. Intermediate Techniques:

. Mortars And Glues
. Simple Curves-Rosetts
. Medieval Majorcan Gutter
. Carving of a Column base
. Mortar
. Sphere
. Ionic Capital
. Advanced Techniques:

. Volutes-Spirals-Capitals
. Corinth Capital
. Acantus Leaf
. Torso Carving
 

. Sign-in As A Collaborator
. Ask For A Demo

 

 

 

 

 


Videos
 
. Punching Technic

. Virtual Visit To Egypt
. Surround video: the Segovia Aquaduct
. Surround video: Stone Sculpture

.Stucco

 
. Forging Of A Round Bowl

. The Dogon Blacksmiths: Making Iron

.Forging chisels

History of Art
 

. Introduction
. History of the Stonecutter's Art
. From Lime to Cement
. History Of Cement
. Stone Age
. Bronze Age
. Iron Age
. Indian Stoneworking
. Egyptian Stoneworking I
. Egyptian Stoneworking II : From The Mastaba To The Pyramid
. Egyptian Stoneworking III :Tecniques And Characteristics
. Grecian Stoneworking
. Roman Stoneworking
. Roman Roads
. Roman Bridges
. The Merida Roman Bridge
. Roman Aquaeducts
. Roman Engineers
. The Roman House
. The Roman Town
. Galician Stonecutting
. Romanesche stonecutting
. Romanesque Motives
. Gothic Stonecutting
. Renaissance Stonecutting
. Modernist Stonecutting
. Dry Wall: Stone Walling in Baleares

 

 

 


 

. Introduction
. Timeline
. Baleares Timeline
. Mare Nostrum Maps
. The Mycenaean Civilization
. Greeks
. Hispanic Art
. Iberians
. Celts
. Phoenicians
. Cronology Of The Phoenician World
. The Phoenician Punic Period
. Etruscans
. Romans
. Cartaginians
. Paleo-Christian art
. Visigoths
. Islam I: History and Constructive Types
. Islam II: Ornamentation
. Islam III: The Footstep In The Languaje
. Catalonians
. Italians
. Byzantines
. Byzantine Art
. Egyptian Architecture
. Greek Architecture
. Roman Architecture
. Architecture Byzantine
. Islamic Architecture
. Paleo-Christian Architecture
. Pre-Romanesque Architecture
.Gothic Architecture
. Reinassance Architecture
. Baroque Architecture
. History Of Baleares
. The 7 Wonders Of the Old World
. The Gutemberg Project : History Of Art-Related E-Texts

Myths & Legends
 

. Pygmalion
. Philosopher's Stone
. Sisyphus And The Rock
. Atlante
. Arthur

 


 
. Baccus And The Origin Of Wine
. Greek Mythology
. Greek Mythology II
. Relationship Greece-Rome
. Arab, Hindu, Several Mitology
. Bestiary
. Grifo -Chimera-Sphynx-Basilisco-Unicorn
. Can Cerberos-Centaur-Faun-
. Gorgona-Hydra-Pegasus
. Mermaid
Simbology & Tradition
 

. Avebury
. Megalits
. Menhirs
. Petroglifs
. The stone Of Lightning
. The Runes
. Celtic Symbols
. Stone Worshipping At Galicia
. The Helicoidal Steles Of Cantabria
. David And The Sling
. Origin Of The Doric, Ionic And Corintic Orders
. The Mason markings
. The Masons
. The Templars
. Zoomorphic Stones In Uruguay
. The Big Chinese Wall

 

 

 


 
. Numerology And Aritmosophy
. Harmony And Proportion
. Proportion in Architecture
. The Golden Number
. Roman Construction Technics
. Sacred Architecture
. The Medieval Gilds
. Workers And Gilds
. Mutual Help In Medieval Society
. The Pentagram
. The David Star
. The Wind Rose
. Old Measures
. Old Recipes And Formulae
. Christian Simbology I: Pelícans And Fish
. Christian simbology II: El Templo
. Teobaldo : The Physiologist : The Deer
. Celtic Simbology
. Hermetic Simbology
. Masonry Simbology
. Calendar Simbology
. Simbology Of The Months
. Simbology Of Flowers
. Heraldic Simbology
. De Divina Proportione, By Pacioli
. Rorizcer: The Geometry Of The Mason
. Renaldini: Trace Of Poligons
. Cister Rules
. Vesica Piscis: The Sacred Almond (Bladder of a Fish)
Unsolved Enigmes
 

. Cheikh Abdallah, The Stone Of South
. The Baalbek cyclopean blocks
. The cuartz Skulls Of Mexico
. Machu-Pichu
. The Pyramids
. Theory Of The Pyramids Construction
. The Sfinx
. Stonehenge
. Avebury
. Olmecs
. Coincidences Among Precolombins And Other Civilizations

 

. An Egiptian Glider

 

 

 

 

Histories
 
. The Auguste Rodin Technic
.The Gaudí catenaries
. Rock-and-Roll and Rolling Stones
. Water Filters : Majorca And Mexico
. Elora: The Temple-Sculpture
. Petra:
. Capadocia:
. Catacumbas: Faith Move Mountains
. The Etruscan Cuniculi
. Sewers: The Other Cities
. Tindaya: The sculpture In Negative
. Malaquita: The Green Rattlesnake
. Fossil Timber
. Menhirs And Radiestesia: Acupunture Of The Earth
. The Cantabric Stelae
. Stone Cannonballs
. The "Mecahuatl", Sword Of Wood / Obsidiana
. Demostenes And The Pebbles
. The Forensic Stone Table
. The Huesca Stonecutter
. Cesareo Soule, Vasc Stonecutter
. The Brion Town Council And The Pinetrees
. The Sar Church
. The Royal Hospital
. "Moral" Recycling
.The Loggia
. Scaffolds , Poles , Stairs
. Stones of Santa Lucia
. Vaults. the Quest For Height
 

. The Golden Number
. Propaganda And Projectiles
. The Cister monks
. The Egg : Temperas And Sweets
. The Grindstone
. The Tekton
. A Flemish Staircase
. Medieval Contrats
. The Mecenas

 

 

 

 

 

 


Celebrities
 
. Hiram, And The Salomon Temple
. Vitrubio
. Villard d'Honnecourt
. Alberti
. Bramante
. Andrea Palladio
. Vignola
. Scamozzi
. Sebastiano Serlio
. Hernan Ruiz
. Viollet-Le-Duc
 
. Euclides And The Geometry
. Archimedes
. Pitagoras
. Leonardo, Man Of The Renaissance
. Miguel Angel
. Durer and Mathematics
. Benvenutto Cellini
. Fibonacci
. Renaldini
. Vesalio
Architectonic And Technic Tratises
 
. The 10 Books of Architecture By Vitrubio
. De re militari, by Valturius( Treatise Of Fortifications)
. Pliny, by Landino
. The Villard d' Honnecourt Portafolio
. De Re Aedificatoria, By Albertí (1485)
. Il 4 libri by Andrea Palladio
. The 5 Orders Of Architecture, By Vignola (1562)
. "Las medidas del romano", By Diego De Sagredo

. De L'art Del Picapedrer By Josep Gelabert (1653)

. "Brief treatise Of Vaults", By Juan De Torrija (1661)
. Escuela de arquitectura civil, Brizguz y Bru(1738)

. El arquitecto práctico civill y militar, A. Plo i Camin (1767)
. Tratado de cortes cantería o arte de la Montea, Simonin ( 1792)
. Arquitectura Civil, Benito Bails ( 1796)
. El arte de la albañilería, de Juan de Villanueva (1827)
. Práctica del arte de edificar ,Fornés i Gurrea ( 1841)
. Manual del Albañil, Ricardo Marcos i Bausa ( 1879)



 

. Agricultural treatises of Cato and Varro
. Agricultural treatise of Columela
. Agricultural treatises of Al-Andalus

. Il Libro dell'Arte de Andrea Cenninni
. Treatise of Painting By Leonardo Da Vinci (1498)
. Notebooks Of Leonardo Da Vinci
. Resistence Of materials I (Fragment Of The Notebooks Of Leonardo)
. Resistence Of materials II (Fragment Of The Notebooks Of Leonardo)
. Treatise Of Goldsmithing, Sculpture, Drawing and Architecture By Benvenuto Cellini
. Autobiography Of Benvenutto Cellini (1568)

. Carpintería de lo blanco, Diego de Arenas (1633)

 

 

 


Thought
 
. Architectonic Treatises
. Constitutions Of Anderson
. Constitutions Of York
. The Regius Manuscript
. The Iñigo Jones Manuscript
. Think Like A Stonemason
. The Stonnecutter: A Fable
. Afterthoughts About Stonecarving
. Afterthoughts About Construction
 
. Antropología And Art
. The Genesis Of The Scientific Progress Concept
. Proportion In Proportion
. Communication Among Artists
. Afterthoughts About Self-Taught Men ( And Women)
. About The Utility Of Theory
. Domotic Architecture
. Bioclimatic Architecture
. Architectonic Recycling
. The Cities Of Future
Language
 

. Stone And Language
. The Hammurabi Code Of Laws
. Full Text Of The Code
. The Rosetta Stone
. Shino-Hanna, The Stone Flower
. Basic Concepts Of Architecture

. Quotes

. Quotes II

 

 

 

 


 

. Diccionary Of Crafts

. Diccionario inglés de canteria.
. Diccionario Inglés de Canteria G-I
. Diccionario Inglés de Canteria D-F
. Diccionario Inglés de Canteria G-I
. Diccionario Inglés de Canteria J-L
. Diccionario Inglés de Canteria M-O
. Diccionario Inglés de Canteria P-R
. Diccionario Inglés de Canteria S-Z
. Alphabets Of The World
. Diccionary Of Stonecutting (s.XVIII)
. Glossary Of Castles
. Visual Diccionary Of Construction Of the Generalitat (pdf)

. Diccionario de arquitectura técnica de la UPC
. Vasc Diccionary
. Gallego Diccionary
. Carpentry Catalan Dictionary
. Cabinet-Maker Dictionary
. Architecture Dictionary
. Technic Drawing Dictionary
. Greek Architecture Dictionary
. Carpentry Of Ensamblage Dictionary
. Roman Numerals

. Numerical symbols
. Architectonic Terminology
. The Gutemberg Project

 

 

Paint, Poetry & Music
 
. Stone Instruments of Music
. Stone organs

. Medieval stonecutters

. The portico of Gloria

. Roberts watercolors

 

. Acustics And Métrics By Vitruvius

. Theater Acustics By Vitruvius
. Acustics, religion and gregorian chant.

. Melancholy, By Albert Durer

. Gothic Music

Humor
 

. How To Recognize A Stonecutter

 

. Romance of the derivada and the arctangent
. Mathematical Wedding  
. Roman humor

Balearic Isles
 
. The Pancratio Wrestler Of Pollensa
. De lárt de picapedrer. Josep Gelabert
. The Stonecutter At The 16 & 17 Centuries In Majorca
. Medieval Contracts
. Mistakes in Stone Cutting
. The Majorcan Spyral Staircase
.The Coronella Window
. The escupidor
. Llindars
. Lintels
. Jambs
. Balearic Stonecutting
. Taulas, Megalitism In Minorca
. Palma Patios
. The Majorca Sundials
. The Palma Gargoyles
. The Barroch In Palma
. Guillem Sagrera. Architect
. Vilcabamba And Majorca
. The "Escola de Margers"
. The Windmills
. The Tafona (Oil Mill)
. Les Cases de sa Neu
. Les Cabanyes de Roter
. The " cabrera" Stone Wall
. Clapers
. Mines
. Quanats
. Caroline mine: Coal and Lemons
. The Lloseta Mines
. The Saint Telm Oratory
 
. History Of Balears
. Prehistory Of Baleares
. The Roman Theatre Of Palma
. The Decuman
. Secret Palma, The Salomon Star
. Palma,Turistic tour 1
. Palma, Turistic Tour 2
. Catolicism History at Balears
. Mallorca 1229, The Vision of the Defeated
.The Templar Footstep at Mallorca
. The "Atlas Catalan" and the Cresques
. Ramon Llull
. Anselm Turmeda
. Pere Nisart
. Mutus
. Jaume Ferrer, Navigator
. Ciudadela, the Medieval Capitall
. Menorca, the English Footstep
. The Almudaina

. The Bellver Castle

. S'almoina

. San Francisco
. "La Seu": The Palma Cathedral
. "La Seu": Technical data
. La Real
. Raixa, Italian Villa at Majorca
. Canet , Sa Torre
. Zulueta, a Mallorquin Surname
. The Artists And Majorca
. Mayonesse And Mayolica
Resources
 

. Courses and Schools of Stonecutting
. Courses in Spain Mainland
. Courses in Europe
. Courses in America

. Access to forum

 

 


 
. Main page
. Asociations and Fundations
. Libraries of Baleares .
. Museums of Baleares
. Books and Publications

. Books 2
. Books of Baleares

. Enrique Rabassa stonemasonry bibliography

. Books about Anatomy
. Books in Amazon.com
. E-texts : The Gutemberg Project
. E-texts: Patronato del Alcazar de Sevilla
. Magazines
. Listing of Artisans of Baleares
. Calendary of Activities Palma 2003
. Norms about Historical Patrimony
. Fairs
. Inem,Soib, FP, Arts and Crafts, FLC
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