#Stone

Building a courtyard classroom

Here is a look at my latest outdoor classroom project I completed recently. In early 2015 Scoil Mhuire National School in Lucan, Co....

StoneFest 2014 and the Irish connection

So after a number of years of procrastination and dreaming about going to StoneFest, this year I finally made it over to Seattle to...

Can tradespeople be artists? Lets ask Johnny Clasper.

Can tradespeople be artists? An interesting question which is being explored by a new Irish series on TG4 at the moment called...

Chris Millers Stone Truck Project

Winter is a difficult time for a stonemason, as it is often to cold or wet to work. At this time of year you will find many...

The colossal land art of Andrew Rogers

Andrew Rogers is a sculptor whose works may be found in many plazas and buildings around the world. He is a leading contemporary artist....

‘Temppeliaukio’ The Rock Church, Helsinki

Last September my wife had to go to a conference to Helsinki, Finland, so I decided to tag along and see what Helsinki is all about. On...

Drystone walling on the foot of The Rock of Cashel

On Monday a few of the members of the association met up at the foot of The Rock of Cashel to promote both the DSWA of Ireland and...

Jeffrey Bale’s Mosaic Pilgrimage, a labour of love, a labour of pebbles!

Many of you may already be familiar with the work of Jeffery Bale, but for those of you who aren’t, I feel the need to share his work...

Newgrange and the winter solstice.

As the winter solstice is coming up, I thought it would be an appropriate time to talk about one of Ireland’s oldest and most impressive...

Drystone Walling on Inis Oírr Island

Last weekend I attended my first dry stone walling workshop on Inis Oírr Island. And I am already looking forward to going back next...

Dry Arch construction at Drimnagh Castle for National Heritage Week

Just a very quick post to promote some very interesting things happening this week. This week is Heritage Week 2011 from 20th to the 28th...

Making a mosaic

Here is a picture of a project I recently finished for an artist in West Cork. The mosaic in the center was actually a bit of an...

More on Stone Benches

So I have talked about stone benches on a number of occasions, and now I am going to talk about them some more. I just had a lady asking...

The amazing flowing stonework of Michael Eckerman

It’s not very difficult to see why Michael Eckerman and his stonework is loved by the surfing community, building stone features for many...

Theater in the garden

Garden Theatres Although there are many grand Garden Theatres and huge impressive amphitheatres out there in the world, they are not...

Stone Woman, Thea Alvin

A while back while visiting Jan Johnsen landscape gardening blog ‘Serenity In The Garden‘ (a blog I highly recommend checking out if you...

The art of Stone Balancing

Real or Photoshopped? The first time I saw this photo I really didn’t know. I came across this photo a while back, it was posted on the...

Stone River, by Landscape Architect and Stonemason Jon Piasecki

Stone River is a project by award wining landscape architect and stonemason, Jon Piasecki. Jon Piasecki is a graduate of Harvard...

M. C. Escher and the Chand Baori stepwell in India.

Hand with Reflecting Sphere by M. C. Escher 1935 Ever since my art teacher in school handed me a book depicting this picture by M. C....

Stone seats, the building process.

A few months back I wrote a post ‘Stone Chairs. Some ancient some not so ancient…Yet….’ in which I mentioned that one of my favorite...