Those joints are unbelievable in person. The best part is the subtle rolled drip edge he tucked underneath—it breaks the surface tension so cleanly that water can't wick back into the mortar bed during a heavy downpour.

Getting a dry-fit copper joint to sit dead flush against raw granite without any rocking takes absurd patience. That transition is going to age so gracefully without sealant lines failing in ten years.

Nothing beats a perfect friction fit like that. Please tell me you’re getting photos when the first rain hits!

Skipping the silicone takes serious nerve when you're joining metal to raw stone, but letting the weight and friction do all the work is proper craft. That transition is going to age brilliantly.

Spot on. What gets me is the 2mm expansion clearance he built into those lap joints—copper moves nearly twice as much as granite in direct sun, so any rigid fastener would’ve buckled the entire run after its first summer.