Apr 16: Success through Values (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
April 16, 2012
As a twentysomething not long out of college and seeking a fulfilling career path, Mark Fernandes learned the craft of stonemasonry and fell in love with rock.
The complexity and variety of natural stone, and the useful and beautiful ways it could be shaped, grabbed him.
"I just don't think there is any more fabulous product in the world," said Fernandes, 50, a native of Wilmington, Del., with an Italian heritage who says working with stone "is in my blood."
Now, after 22 years working ...