by sunnywieler@gmail.com | May 13, 2026 | dry stone construction, Stonework, Travel, workshops
This blog post was originally written Oct 1, 2019 Dry Stone Canada Stone Festival. Amherst Island, Ontario, Canada. In late September Canada’s dry stone wall association Dry Stone Canada returned to the location of their 2015 and 2018 festivals on Amherst Island, to...
by sunnywieler@gmail.com | May 13, 2026 | dry stone construction, Stonework, workshops
This blog post was originally written Mar 29, 2019 Last weekend saw the 3rd ever West Cork Stone Symposium. Growing from strength to strength, this symposium is directed by local resident and DSWAI member Victor Daly, a stone carver in the area. The festival is...
by sunnywieler@gmail.com | May 10, 2026 | dry stone construction, Stone Work by Sunny Wieler, Stonework, Uncategorized
This blog post was originally written Dec 13, 2015 Earlier in the year I was commissioned under the Per Cent for Art scheme to create a sculpture for a secondary school in Drogheda Co. Louth. The brief was to create a piece to commemorate the transition of the...
by sunnywieler@gmail.com | May 9, 2026 | dry stone construction, Stonework, workshops
Last Thursday I packed my bags and pointed my car north for Donegal. I have been wanting to get to Donegal for some time but for some reason Donegal always seems so far away. But now I had a good excuse to free up some time (as if you need a good reason to go to...
by sunnywieler@gmail.com | May 9, 2026 | dry stone construction, Stonework, Travel, workshops
This blog post was originally written May 25, 2014 So after a number of years of procrastination and dreaming about going to StoneFest, this year I finally made it over to Seattle to attend the event. Procrastination was of course not the only factor in making the...