IL NOCCIOLO : Fresh Eyes

Have you ever looked at something for so long that you can’t see it anymore? Not objectively, anyway.

I often feel that way about stone walls.

I didn’t set out for the stone to be so coursed. I didn’t intend for it not to be, either. Muscle memory took over.

Without the ribs of the frame, the coursed stone can trick your eye into seeing a flat wall instead of a curved form.

The process of building Il Nocciolo became the starting point for Fresh Eyes, a SassoStones post about looking at your own work with a little distance.