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• Stone related books for Christmas
  on Dec 6, 2016 in Andreas Kunert Andy Goldsworthy Architecture Art Dan Snow Drystone Walling Garden Features How To Make A Mosaic John saw-Rimmington Land Art Landscape Architects stone books Stone Buildings
  Stone 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, Spain
  on Mar 25, 2016 in Barcelona Gaudi How To Make A Mosaic Kinsale mosaic mosaics park guell sagrada familia Sculpture Gardens Stone Art Sunny Wieler tiles workshop
  In 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 Timekeeper
  on Dec 13, 2015 in Alex Panteleyenko Art Artist Drumkeelan Drumkeelan mine drystone sculpture DSWAI gomon Ken Curran Neolithic Newgrange per cent for art Sculpture Stone Carving sundial Sunny Wieler
  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 school from its humble beginnings i...
• Dry Stone Canada
  on Dec 1, 2015 in amherst island Bobby Watt dry stone canada Drystone Walling DSWAC DSWAI Eric Landman John Bland John saw-Rimmington Karin Sprague Ken Curran Patrick McAfee Sunny Wieler Tracy Mahaffey
  Jumping 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 classroom
  on Jul 9, 2015 in Irish Heritage Ken Curran mosaic outdoor classroom per cent for art Stone Stone Art Stone circle Student Involvement. Family Tree Mosaic Sunny Wieler
  Here 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 Austria
  on Jul 4, 2015 in Drystone Walling DSWAI Eddie Farrelly feidín wall Helmut Schieder Ken Curran Nick Aitken Patrick McAfee Rainer Vogler Sean Adcock Stine & Wine Sunny Wieler The gathering of Stones
  Well 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 Art
  on Apr 26, 2015 in craft classes How To Make A Mosaic mosaic mosaics workshop
  I 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 Christmas
  on Dec 1, 2014 in Andreas Kunert Andy Goldsworthy book review Dan Snow Georg Muller Ian Cramb Jeffrey Bale John saw-Rimmington Lew French Patrick McAfee Sean Adcock stone books Stonework
  Stone 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 2014
  on Sep 1, 2014 in Artist Botanical Gardens Ireland Liscannor Flagstones mosaic Places to visit in Ireland Sculpture Sculpture in Context Sculpture in Context 2014 Stone Art Sunny Wieler
  Sculpture 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 Donegal
  on Jun 25, 2014 in Brendan McGloin donegal Drumkeelan Drumkeelan mine Drystone Walling DSWAI event Eamonn Monaghan mines Mountcharles Nick Aitken Sean Adcock Stone festival Tirconnell Wild Atlantic Way
  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 rea...
• Book Competition and my new website
  on May 29, 2014
  I 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 connection
  on May 25, 2014 in Alexandra Morosco clay mortar Drystone Walling Karin Sprague Keith Phillips Krak Nicholas Fairplay Nick Aitken Patrick McAfee Richard Rhodes Seattle Stone Stone festival stonefest Tracy Mahaffey
  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 14,623 km round trip to the event, f...
• Bloom 2013
  on Mar 22, 2014 in Alex Panteleyenko Bloom 2013 Bloom Garden Show DSWAI Free Flowing Stonework Garden Construction Giardino della Mostra Irish Gardens Johnny Clasper Ken Curran mosaic Sunny Wieler Tim Austen
  Almost 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 trees
  on Mar 3, 2014 in Aubrey Fennell Books Church Collins Press Folklore Hawthorn Ireland National Tree Week Native Irish Trees outdoor classroom Stone Trees
  Around 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 Classroom
  on Nov 29, 2013 in Irish Gardens Landscape Sculpture moongate mosaic Native Irish Trees outdoor classroom school stone arch Stone Chairs Stonework Sunny Wieler tree mosaic
  Having 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 Island
  on Oct 1, 2013 in George Gunn Patrick McAfee Ireland Inis Oírr feidín wall DSWAI Drystone Walling
  So 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 Ireland
  on Jul 14, 2013 in DSWA The gathering of Stones Sunny Wieler Lough Boora DSWAI event DSWAI feidín wall Sean Adcock Nick Aitken Tomas Lipps Ireland Stone Buildings Stonework Stone Foundation Ken Curran Irish Heritage
  After 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.
  on Mar 19, 2013 in Stonework Land Art miniature stonework DSWA of Ireland feidín wall DSWAI Artist Highlight Stone Balancing Drystone Walling aran islands
  '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 Stones
  on Feb 10, 2013 in drystone sculpture The gathering of Stones Stonework Patrick McAfee Ireland the gathering Stone Foundation Irish Heritage DSWAI event DSWAI Drystone Walling
  For 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 Mosaic
  on Feb 5, 2013 in Stone Art Trees outdoor classroom Stonework Stone Buildings mosaics Painting Tiles. Student Involvement. Family Tree Mosaic Sunny Wieler How To Make A Mosaic Stone Tree Stone Foundation Member
  As 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...