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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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....

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...