Dry Stone Canada Stone Festival 2019
Dry Stone Canada Stone Festival. Amherst Island, Ontario, Canada. In late September Canada’s dry stone wall association Dry Stone Canada...
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The 2019 West Cork Stone Symposium
Last weekend saw the 3rd ever West Cork Stone Symposium. Growing from strength to strength, this symposium is directed by local resident...
North American Stone Tour (Toronto and California)
I was very fortunate to get to do a bit of a North American stone tour this Autumn, starting off with a return to the Dry Stone Canada,...
Cobble mosaic workshop at Stein und Wein, Austria
In June of 2018, saw me return to Austria's main wine region for the wonderful Stein und Wein event in Langenlois, Austria. This years...
Northstone 58 Stonefest. Scotland
I was delighted to be invited by George Gunn to speak about 'the creative use of stone in landscape design' at his Northstone 58...
Dry Stone Canada
September 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...
The Stone Festival season has begun! Stein und Wein Austria
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...
The birth of a new Stone Festival in Donegal
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...
StoneFest 2014 and the Irish connection
So after a number of years of procrastination and dreaming about going to StoneFest, this year I finally made it over to Seattle to...
Feile na gCloch (Festival of Stone) 2013 Inis Oírr Island
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...
The Gathering of Stones in the heart of Ireland
After months of anticipation, stones, masons and dry-stone enthusiasts from the four corners of Ireland as well as the rest of the world...
Feile na gCloch (Festival of Stone) 2012 Inis Oírr Island
On the fourth weekend of September I once again headed off to Inis Oirr (Inisheer) on the Aran Islands for this year’s Feile na gCloch...
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...
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