CROSS TREES

North Haven, Maine

Built over multiple seasons, the walls were designed to become part of an established island landscape rather than compete with it. Crossing back and forth across Penobscot Bay, staying on the island for weeks at a time, and settling into the rhythm of island work became part of the project.

Wall end of a dry stone wall. Maine stonework by Joe Norton of Norton Stoneworks

Cheek end of a dry stone wall. North Haven Island, Maine. Penobscot Bay

Dry laid stone wall. Maine. Stonework by Joe Norton of Norton Stoneworks

Coffee by the water on North Haven, Maine.

Building a dry stone wall in coastal Maine.

Dry stone retaining wall. Maine. Norton Stoneworks.

Foundation course of a dry laid stone wall.

Layout of wallstone before building a dry laid stone wall.

Dry laid piers for a boathouse on an island in Maine.

Slug on a rock.

Crossing Penobscot Bay. On the ferry from Rockland, Maine to North Haven Island. Norton Stoneworks.

Riding a bike on North Haven.

Time for new gloves. They wear down quickly building a stone wall.

Tall cheekend using granite. Dry stone wall. Maine.

Using a batter board to build a cheekend with granite for a dry stone wall.

dry stone wall. Joe Norton. North Haven. Maine. Penobscot Bay. Midcoast Maine. Island Work.

One more course to go on the is cheekend for a drystone wall.

Buying fieldstone for a dry stone wall in Maine.

old stone pillars.

Transporting granite across Penobscot Bay on the ferry to North Haven. Maine. Stonework. Dry stone wall building. Joe Norton. Norton Stonework. Maine stone art.