I spent all of last night drawing an isometric projection (a three-dimensional drawing set at 30 degrees) for a column base as part of my stone masonry class. Drawing and setting out the templates is easily as important as actually working a piece of stone, but it can be very time-consuming. Before a hammer and chisel are even touched, we're asked to draw the isometric plan, the bed mould, the sections and reverses, as well as transferring them onto plastic and zinc. Some of the other students have complained that too much emphasis is placed on the setting out, but I enjoy the process just as much as the work that follows. I brought the isometric drawing home because I didn't want it to eat into my college time. Anticipating that the isometric projection (arguably the most difficult drawing from the ones we're asked to do) would be more like a marathon rather than a sprint, I plugged into BBC 6Music. Since I started listening to it ...