#Stonemason

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...

A trip to Co. Clare for some dry stone walling with the DSWAI

Last weekend the DSWAI had a meet up in County Clare as we were invited by quarry owner David O’ Connor of Liscannor Flagstones...

True love is set in stone

There is something very special about creating a piece of art in stone to celebrate a loved ones life. Probably the most unique and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Everglades Gardens at Leura

A few months ago, I was asked fellow garden blogger Britt Conley from the Photo Garden Bee to partake in a photo meme. For the post I...

Stone Chairs. Some ancient some not so ancient…Yet….

One of my favourite things to build is stone seats. There is something very special about sitting in a stone seat, it feels very grand,...

Stone Master, Lew French

When I first started working with stone back in my late teens, I quickly developed a passion for it. All of a sudden I started noticing...