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BY JEANNE O'BRIEN COFFEY
Lowell's American Stonecraft turns
fieldstones into useful works of art.
Some local farmers are reaping a
surprising product from the soil—
high-end tableware. Turns out a
bumper crop of rocks can be made
into desirable objects for folks who
live far from the stone walls that
crisscross New England.
For Gerald Croteau III, artist and
founder of American Stonecraft,
Stone Soup
in-depth
that realization came at a relative's
stoneworks yard. Croteau grew up
around rocks, spending summers
Poving fieldstones at his grand-
father's masonry business, but it
wasn't until he was home visiting
family that he realized his train-
ing in economics could cast dull,
dirty stones in a new light. He saw
photographs by Sarah Jordan McCaffery
SHOP American Stonecraft page 100
FACES TRK Design page 110
LIVE Turner Hill Residences page 118
LIVE Courtyard Gardens page 138
LIVE Swampscott Kitchen page 148
LIVE Honey Collins Interior Design page 160
LIVE Lawrence Community Works page 168
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