♪ [SINGING] ANTHON BUILDING WITH STONE IS HARD HEAVY AND SLOW.
, THE TOUGHNESS AND BRUTE FORC NEEDED HAVE GROUND MANY A MACHO MAN TO DUS >> I THINK ANY STONEMASON MOVES STONE ALL DAY LONG LIKE SYPHUS, IT IS A
CONTINUALLY MOVING THING.
AN AVERAGE DAY FOR ME IS FIVE TO OF MATERIAL.
ANTHONY: ONE OF THE EIGHT -- ONE OF NEW ENGLAND’S MOST CELEBRATED STONE BUILDERS.
I AM A BALLERINA, BARELY BALANCED.
ANTHON HOW DOES A NICE GIRL FIND HER WAY INTO WHAT IS ARGUABLY THE WORLD’S SECOND OLDEST PROFESSION?
>> IT STARTED A REALLY LONG TIME AGO.
I WAS BORN A GIRL, AND I THINK MY FATHER WANTED A BOY AND HE WAS A STONEMASON AND HE TAUGHT ME WHAT HE KNEW.
ANTHONY: H WORK AN ARTFUL , BLEND OF WHIMSY AND FUNCTIONALITY.
I LIKE STONE BECAUSE IT IS BIG, OLD, HEAVY, AND I LIKE TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE IT IS A FLUID, THAT IT IS DOING THESE LINES OF IMPOSSIBLE SHAPES.
I LIKE TO THINK THOSE LINES ARE FEMININE ANTHONY: WINTERS ON THE LITTLE FARM IN VERMONT ARE LARGELY GIVEN OVER TO PLANNING PROJECTS AND STONE CARVING WITH
HER PARTNER, MICHAEL.
BUT, A PEEK INSIDE HER COMBINATIO ART GALLERY/HAYLOFT SHOWS THE IMPULSE TO BUILD NEVER HIBERNATES.
>> WHAT DOES A STONEMASON DO IN THE WINTER WE DO WHAT WE DO IN THE SUMMER, BUT WITH DIFFERENT MATERIALS.
ANTHONY: ALVIN TRAVELS THE WORLD, OFTEN ENLISTING LOCAL GROUPS TO HELP HER CONSTRUCT.
WHEREVER SHE GOES, STONE ARCHES SEEM TO FOLLOW I LOVE BUILDING ARCHES, THEY ARE HELD UP BY GRAVITY.
THEY ARE REALLY STRONG.
THEY ARE UNLIKELY, THEY ARE DELICATE AND I THINK ALL THOSE ,WORDS OR TERMS ARE INDICATIVE OF WHAT I AM.
FULL OF PARADOX.
I DON’T KNOW, THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL.
>> I DON’T KNOW IF I CAN GET THESE THINGS OUT OF HERE OR NOT.
THERE WE ARE.
DISCOVERY.
THERE WE ARE.
ANTHONY: RICHARD FOREMAN WANTS TO SHOW US THE SMALL STONES FARMS WOULD USE TO FILL A DOUBLE WID CULTIVATION STONEWALL.
>> THESE ARE ALL ROUNDED HERE.
THESE LITTLE ROCKS ARE ANGULAR.
ANTHONY: HE IS A PROFESSOR OF LANDSCAPE GEOLOGY AT HARVARD, WHICH IS WHAT EXACTLY?
>> IT IS THE COLLEGE OF WHAT Y SEE OUT THE AIRPLANE WINDOW -- YOU LOOK DOWN THERE WHAT IS THE , SPATIAL ARRANGEMENT?
WHAT IS THE PATTERN INVOLV -- THE HUMAN ASPECT, THE WATER ASPECTS, ANIMAL MOVEMENT IT IS , REALLY IMPORTANT.
SHAYNA: HIS OFFICE MAY BE AT THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN, BUT ONE OF HIS FAVORITE LABORATORIES IS THE MINUTEMEN NATIONA HISTORICAL PART OUT IN LINCOLN, LEXINGTON.
>> I CAN USE MY HIGH-TECH PROBE HERE.
I HIT A STONE ABOUT THIS FAR DOWN.
ANTHONY: GREAT EFFORTS HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO RETURN THIS LANDSCAPE TO THE WAY IT LOOKED WHEN THE MINUTEMEN CHASED THE BRITISH BACK TO BOSTON IN 1775.
THE PARK HAS REBUILT MILES AND MILES OF STONE WAL BUT NOT ALL HAVE BEEN RESTORED.
>> AT FIRST GLANCE, IT’S JUST A PILE OF ROCK IT IS JUST A MESS.
ANTHONY: HIS TRAINED EYE CAN SEE THINGS MANY CAN’T.
>> I AM A LANDSCAPE DETECTIVE.
I AM AN ECO-DETECTIVE.
I SEE CLUES IN THE PAST AND PRESENT.
ANTHONY: CASE IN THIS SEEMINGLY POINT, RANDOM SCATTERING OF ROCKS IN THE WOODS.
>> THERE’S ANOTHER ONE RIGHT THER THERE IS ANOTHER ONE.
ANTHONY: THE PRESENCE OF FOUNDATION STONES TELL HIM THERE WAS AN OLD CULTIVATION STONEWALL HERE LONG AGO.
HE THINK IT TELLS AN IMPORTANT HISTORICAL STORY.
>> I THINK OF THEM AS JUST BEING DESCRIPTORS OF A CIVILIZATIO THAT IS THE MARKINGS OF A , CIVILIZATION.
SHAYNA WE HAVE SOME SAD NEWS TO REPORT, SHE RECENTLY HAD A FIRE AND LOST HER BARN, ANIMALS, TOOLS, WORK, AND HALF OF HER HOME.
ANTHONY: SHE IS HOWEVER, REBUILDING.
SHE IS HAVING A COMMUNITY BARNRAISING IN JUNE.
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO HELP HER OUT.
SHE IS ALSO TAKING DONATIONS THROUGH A GOFUNDME PAGE.
SHAYNA TED IS PUZ