Foreword / Pat Jasper
Preface / Patsy Pittman Light
Background and History
Concrete and Cement
Antecedents in History
Ancient Gardens
Garden Design in England and France
Rediscovery of Portland Cement
Development of Inexpensive Steel
Arrival of Trabajo Rústico in the Western Hemisphere
Rustic Influence in the United States
Arrival of Trabajo Rústico in San Antonio
The Legacy of Dionicio Rodríguez
Restoration and Conservation
The Fabrication of Trabajo Rústico
Joinery: Articulation and Connections
Surface Modeling and Texture
Coloration
Profiles of Early and Contemporary Artisans
Bacilio Capetillo Aguilar
Eliseo G. Alvarado
Genaro Briones
Carlos Cortes
Maximo Cortes
Marcella Marie Davis
Martin Marcial Delgado
Mauro Del Toro
Michael Fogg
Antonio Acebedo Lopez
Melinda Stump LoPresto and Megan Metheny Lashaway
Vidal Lozano
Leopold Michael Lux
Sam Murray
Rene Fabian Romero-Martinez
Dionicio Rosales
Donald R. Tucker
Beatrice and Pedro Ximenez
Gallery of Trabajo Rústico Artisans
Notes.