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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...


Happy New Year and reflecting back on 2012
Happy New Year everyone. I feel the need to write a new blog post as I have been neglecting to do so over the past six months or...


Chris Millers Stone Truck Project
Winter is a difficult time for a stonemason, as it is often to cold or wet to work. At this time of year you will find many...


The colossal land art of Andrew Rogers
Andrew Rogers is a sculptor whose works may be found in many plazas and buildings around the world. He is a leading contemporary artist....


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...


‘Temppeliaukio’ The Rock Church, Helsinki
Last September my wife had to go to a conference to Helsinki, Finland, so I decided to tag along and see what Helsinki is all about. On...


Newgrange and the winter solstice.
As the winter solstice is coming up, I thought it would be an appropriate time to talk about one of Ireland’s oldest and most impressive...


Landscape Designer Mary Reynolds
So this post is a first for Stone Art’s Blog: throughout the past two years or so that I have been writing this blog I have highlighted...


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...


Making a mosaic
Here is a picture of a project I recently finished for an artist in West Cork. The mosaic in the center was actually a bit of an...


Stargazing in the garden
I have always been fascinated by the night sky, and can happily sit in the garden staring into the vastness of space till the crick in my...


Garden Designers Roundtable: Stone
I have kindly been invited to participate as a guest writer at the Garden Designers Roundtable to discuss the topic of stone. Being both...


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...


The amazing flowing stonework of Michael Eckerman
It’s not very difficult to see why Michael Eckerman and his stonework is loved by the surfing community, building stone features for many...


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...


The art of Stone Balancing
Real or Photoshopped? The first time I saw this photo I really didn’t know. I came across this photo a while back, it was posted on the...


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...


The ancient salt mines of Wieliczka, a blog post from Poland
A few weeks ago, my wife had to go to Krakow for a conference, so we decided to make a city break out of it as neither of us had been to...
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