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Sunny Wieler
Join Date:
2010-02-15
Blogs Owned
1 - Stone Art's Blog
This blog follows all things creative and artistic in the landscape and garden, Stonework, artist.. profiles and even some gardening tips and inspiration, by Sunny Wieler, a landscaper / stonemason /.. artist, living in Ireland
Other Tags: Garden Art, Art, Gardening, sculpture, Stonework
I am a novice DSLR photographer, learning the world of DSLR with my new Nikon D90. This is my.. journal of what I have learned to date. My photographic ambitions lay manily in landscape, macroand.. artistic photography.
Other Tags: Nikon D90, Photography, Artistic Photography, DSLR, D90
Latest Blog Posts
- Stone related books for ChristmasStone related books make great presents for your stone mad friends. Here are a few stone related books I recommend checking out if you are looking for some great christmas presents. Just remember if you're planning on ordering your books online,...
- Mosaic inspiration from Barcelona, SpainIn preparation for my first mosaic workshop of 2016, I took a trip to Barcelona, Spain for some mosaic inspiration. Rather than rambling on, I will let the photos speak for themselves. I probably took 100's of photographs during my visit to Barcelona...
- The TimekeeperEarlier 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 school from its humble beginnings i...
- Dry Stone CanadaJumping for Joy. Andre Lemieux, John Bland, Sunny Wieler, Ken Curran, Dom Keogh, Doug BellSeptember was a busy month for stone festivals. First we returned to 'The Gathering of Stones' site to put the final arch in place and to make plans for the fin...
- Building a courtyard classroomHere is a look at my latest outdoor classroom project I completed recently. In early 2015 Scoil Mhuire National School in Lucan, Co. Dublin put out a tender to commission a creative outdoor space for the students to utilise for years to come. It...
- The Stone Festival season has begun! Stein und Wein AustriaWell the stone festival season is well and truly upon us. This year I started my festival season with a trip to Austria's largest wine-producing town, Langenlois. The wine however was just a indulgence and not my main reason for traveling here.
- Weekend Mosaic workshop with Stone ArtI will be running a weekend mosaic workshop at my studio in Donabate, Co. Dublin the 23rd-24th of May.Open to all levels of experience.Learn a new skill and create a piece of art for your home or garden in the process.If you have a larger project in...
- Stone books for ChristmasStone related books make great presents for your stone mad friends. Here are a few stone related books I recommend checking out if you are looking for some great christmas presents. Just remember if your planning on ordering your books online, get or...
- Sculpture in Context 2014Sculpture in Context 2014 in The National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin.4th September to 17th October 2014Sculpture in Context 2014 returns once again to the National Botanic Gardens, showcasing the work of Irish and international artists. It is...
- The birth of a new Stone Festival in DonegalLast 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 rea...
- Book Competition and my new websiteon May 29, 2014I am delighted to announce I have a brand new website that I have been working on over the past few months. I would love to hear your feedback and comments.To celebrate the new site I am running a competition packed full of stone related books. The p...
- StoneFest 2014 and the Irish connectionSo 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 14,623 km round trip to the event, f...
- Bloom 2013Almost a year late, but here is the story of my involvement in Bloom in the Park garden show last year.Tim Austen's Gold winning garden at bloomOutdoor classroom under construction during spring 2013 Picking up icy cold stones in January of 2013...
- 'The tree that ate the church' and other stone hungry Irish treesAround this time every year I try and do a special tree themed blog post especially for National Tree Week which this year runs from 2nd March to 8th March.Reading through this wonderful new book by Aubrey Fennell about the Heritage Trees of Ire...
- An Outdoor ClassroomHaving this sculptural outdoor classroom project for a school as my first large public work was both challenging and rewarding. Following a site visit with the arts committee of the school I created a concept that would be distinctive of the schools...
- Feile na gCloch (Festival of Stone) 2013 Inis Oírr IslandSo two weekends ago I made my annual retreat to Inis Oirr, the smallest of the three islands that make up the Arran Islands in Galway bay. Although this was only my third year attending Feile na gCloch (Festival of Stone) it feels like I have been co...
- The Gathering of Stones in the heart of IrelandAfter months of anticipation, stones, masons and dry-stone enthusiasts from the four corners of Ireland as well as the rest of the world came to a head in the center of Ireland. June 20th 2013 marked the beginning of The Gathering of Stones.Sto...
- Miniature stoneworks. Giants amongst pebbles.'The inner circle' by land artist Jaime FilipeMiniature stoneworks may look like the real deal close up, but they are in fact far more complicated to build and also cannot withstand the same abuse as large scale stonework. In general s...
- An invatation to The Gathering of StonesFor the past number of months The Dry Stone Wall Association of Ireland in collaboration with The International Stone Foundation have been working hard behind the scenes on creating a big dry stone walling event to join in the nation wide c...
- The Family Tree MosaicAs part of the sculptural outdoor classroom that I am working on at the moment for a school here in Dublin, I was asked to incorporate a tree somewhere into the design to represent the 'Family Tree'. The 'Family Tree' is a song which has come to symb...