Organiser of the European Stone Festival 2025
This year’s festival is being hosted and organised by the West Riding Stonecarving Association (WRSA), a members’ association of hobbyist stone carvers.
Founded in September 2010 in Halifax, West Yorkshire, the WRSA aims to keep alive the art of traditional stone carving using only hand tools, hard graft and generously-sized mugs of tea.
We provide educational courses and workshops in a spacious and well-equipped workshop. And, as mentioned tea, coffee (for those who insist) and biscuits.
The Association is based in Shaw Lodge Mills, at the base of the Grade II listed chimney, an industrial chimney, built in 1855, in dressed coursed Gritstone. It has a tall square base with rock-faced rustication on the quoins and recessed panels on each face. Above is a tapered octagonal chimney. The chimney is connected to the Engine House to the south by a tunnel beneath Boys Lane.
Parent Organisation for the European Stone Festival
The European Stone Festival is held in a different European country every year where it is managed by a national organisation team.
Contact Address
European Stone Festival
c/o Friedrich-Weinbrenner-Gewerbeschule
Bissierst. 17
79114 Freiburg
GERMANY
phone: +49 (0)761 201-7742
or +49 (0)761 201-7387
telefax: +49 (0)761 201-7498
Internet: www.fwg-freiburg.de
Head of College: Birgit Doraiswami OStR