Stone Mason, Artistic Headstones & Memorial Monuments

Education and training

• City & Guilds of London Art School, London
  Degree in Architectural Stone Carving
• Art Space, Valdicastello, Pietra-Santa, Carrara, Italy
  Diploma in Marble Carving
• Dun Laoghaire Institute of Fine Art, Dublin
  BA in Fine Art

Awards and Achievements

2009

• Work award first prize in the Royal Dublin Society Craft Competition stone & wood carving category
• Chosen for third year running to exhibit work at ‘The Sculpture in Context Exhibition’ at the ‘National Botanical Gardens, Glasnevin’

2008

• Chosen to exhibit as part of ‘Sculpture in Context’ at the ‘National Botanical Gardens, Glasnevin’
• Commissioned to design & carve commemorative stones for the United Nations, The Dublin Docklands Development Authority & ATD Fourth World Charity, close to the Famine Memorial along the Dublin Quays, to commemorate World Poverty Day

2007

• ‘The Sculpture in Context Exhibition’ at the ‘National Botanical Gardens, Glasnevin’
• Shortlisted to design the gold and silver commemorative coin for The Central Bank of Ireland

2006

• Winner of ‘The Golden Fleece Award, Craft Grant’
• Became a member of ‘The Craft Council of Ireland’
• Awarded ‘The Ann Lamb Prize for Best Historic Stone Carving’
• Winner of ‘The Kindersley Prize for Letter Carving in Stone’

2005

• Winner of ‘The Honourable Society of Knights of the Round Table, Craft Bursary’
• Granted ‘The Worshipful Company of Masons, Study Grant’

2004

• Awarded the ‘Allied Irish Bank, Study Grant’
• Recipient of the ‘The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust, Study Grant’

2003

• Beneficiary of ‘The R. McDonnell International Study Bursary’
  Courtesy of ‘The Irish Antiques Dealers Association’
• Recipient of the ‘The Savoy Group, Study Grant’