EVENTUALLY THIS PAGE WILL HAVE LINKS TO THE TALKS SHOWING A FEW OF THE SLIDES

 

I have given talks to various groups across he UK... from Branches of the DSWA to Farming and Wildlife Groups and Historical Societies, and to the general public.  I have spoken at around a dozen Conferences, Symposia and Courses in UK, Europe, Canada and USA.

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In 2024 I was invited to talk at a session of the prestigious Jeju Peace forum in South Korea entitled "Building Peace on Dry stone Walls"

My presentation looked at stone cultures, dry stone walling, education and stone festivals.

My presentation begins just after 7 minutes15 seconds  in and runs for 23 minutes, there is also a short question answer session near the end of the session

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A pdf of the associated paper, essentially the text of the presentation,can be found here

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I am able to give presentations on a variety of aspects of the craft and can usually come up with something new to order!

 

Examples include

 

Inscriptions Upon the Landscape

An overview of my 'Walling Wonderland' project looking at the best dry stone features found in UK and Ireland

 

From the Wailing Wall to the Pyramids

How the North Wales Industry has affected the landscape in terms of communities and walls, the megalithic dry stone structures it has left behind and how this heritage is largely unknown and neglected.

 

Realising a Dream

Situated near Woodstock in Upstate New York, Opus 40 is on the US National Register of Historic Places.  Recognised as one of the first pieces of 20th Century Land Art the 4 acres of dry stone terraces, steps, ramps, passageways and pools was built between 1938-76 by one man, Harvey Fite.  In 2011, following Hurricanes Irene and Sandy a 16 feet tall section of terrace collapsed.  This is the story of the man, a site and an epic restoration.

 

Clawdd Construction                            

A look at various types of stone faced earth banks and the construction of the pitched stone Cloddiau of North Wales

 

Irish Forts and Beehive huts

Eire is awash with ancient dry stone structures, most notable the Western Stone Forts typified by those found on the Aran Islands and beehive structures such as those of the 7th Century Monastery on Skellig Michael, a World Heritage Site.

 

A Welshman in  North America

A look at some of the projects I have been involved in In USA  and Canada