The sketch plan for the forest spiral
Excavating the spiral trench
Completing the spiral formwork and installing astonebase
TheWhite cement spiral drying
Chicken art in the wet cement
Looselaying the stones for shape
Setting and grouting the slate paver stones
The completed space with family heirloom bench
Feature stone spiral

The sketch plan for the forest spiral

Excavating the spiral trench

Completing the spiral formwork and installing astonebase

TheWhite cement spiral drying

Chicken art in the wet cement

Looselaying the stones for shape

Setting and grouting the slate paver stones

The completed space with family heirloom bench

Feature stone spiral

The sketch plan for the forest spiral thumbnailExcavating the spiral trench thumbnailCompleting the spiral formwork and installing astonebase thumbnail thumbnail thumbnailTheWhite cement spiral drying thumbnail thumbnail
Chicken art in the wet cement thumbnailLooselaying the stones for shape thumbnailSetting and grouting the slate paver stones thumbnail thumbnailThe completed space with family heirloom bench thumbnailFeature stone spiral thumbnail
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This shady garden had an old slate pathway that needed revamping. With the help of stone mason Rob Mackenzie, we decided on a white cement spiral surrounded by the recycled slate pavers. While the white cement was still wet, the family’s chickens decided to walk all over it, leaving a Hollywood-style chicken ‘walk of fame’. We added the family’s handprints and now the pathway remains to be discovered and interpreted by future archaeologists.