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ABOVE THE BEST: BILL UNDERWOOD and the Vietnam Chopper Pilot Commemorative Plaque

One of the Unexpected Joys of Being a Professional Stone Carver and Sculptor has been the Many, Many Chance Encounters with Members of the Public who feel Drawn to My Actions as well as my Carvings and Sculptures, resulting in Hundreds if not Thousands of Interesting and Engaging Conversions. And of all these Fascinating Encounters, None Epitomize the Strong Character and Nature of this Diverse…

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The Liberty Collection, Series Four of THE COLLECTION SERIES: Now Underway !

It’s Been a Long Time Coming, But I’m So Very Pleased to Announce that Series Four of THE COLLECTION SERIES MARBLE SCULPTURE is Now in Full Production Introducing The Liberty Collection; Named in Celebration of the New Martin Cooney STONEWORKS’ Magnificent Liberty Building – Located at 121 Liberty Street, Council Grove, Kansas ~ ~ ~ Once again, I am coating myself with a heavy layer of marble…

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Meet The New Martin Cooney STONEWORKS

Tremendous News It’s Not Everyday that I get to Announce Something HUGE, but Today I have an Important Announcement that will Change EVERYTHING ~ ~ ~ You can have no idea just how happy these pictures make me feel, and Kris too for that matter, we are both thrilled as can be about what you are about to see. Because, I won’t deny, we have faced a difficult few years, that’s for sure, what with…

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Discover the Flint Hills Discovery Center: it will Change Your Mind About Kansas

The Flint Hills Discovery Center: Manhattan, Kansas Many people, perhaps even you, hold a compelling impression regarding The Sunflower State – that of arrow straight roads dividing checkerboard fields of grain that stretch from horizon to horizon. And to be honest, so did I before moving here in 2023. But then again, I too had never heard of the rolling Flint Hills, home to the last significant…

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Hand Carved Marble Bowls: Meet the Stars of The Collection Series

Once in a Lifetime, Perhaps, A Person is Lucky Enough to Discover Something Utterly Unique. And For Me, It All Began on The Day I Carved Adam, My First Thin-Walled Marble Bowl It was back in 2012, as I was carving my first Collection Series, aptly titled The Maiden Collection, when, having already created a piece that challenged my abilities in the shape of an as yet unmaned bowl, I took a good,…

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Parade of Flowers: Summertime in the Walled Garden of Alta Vista KS

Already, as I Write These Words in Mid-October of 2024, Memories of High Summer are Fading as Fast as the Surviving Blooms that Somehow Manage to Linger On Inside the Walled Garden’s High Red Brick Perimeter But, to give you a glimpse of just what it was like to stroll through the thousands and thousands of beautiful, colorful and startling cascades of plants, here are a few pictures that should…

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Weight Matters: Collection Series Marble Sculpture is“Light, Portable and Carved for Full Immersion in the Real World”

Colorado Yule Marble Sculpture For the Twenty-First Century Swan Wave rough block. Swan Wave with Pineapple. Weight Matters Before I describe my ‘radical’ Curvilinear Reductionist Marble Sculpture, and how its light and portable properties completely change the equation when it comes to owning fine art stone sculpture, I would like to turn your attention to the realities inherent with…

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'THE 67' Collection Series Marble Sculpture: Gallery of Remaining Pieces Available For Sale

THE COLLECTION SERIES 67 Colorado Yule Marble Sculptures by Martin Cooney Carvings Available For Sale, July 24, 2024 Scroll down to see a parade of images and links to the carvings, or click the link below to connect to a menu of Collection Series sculpture available to purchase. https://martincooney.com/category/collection-series-marble-sculpture-for-sale The sculpture listed below reveals…

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Late Spring Greens: The Garden's First Season is Well Underway

The Walled Garden of Alta Vista KS Bursts to Life with a Vibrant Show of Delicious Edibles After much planning, hard work and toil, I am pleased to reveal the result of all that effort with the following photos taken a few days ago upon our arrival for another day’s work On the whole, the project is coming along as well as could be hoped, but as with all ambitious projects of this scale,…

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Historic Council Grove, Kansas: Alta Vista's Big Sister

Every Village Needs a Market Town Close By, So Let’s Take a Stroll Down Council Grove’s Picturesque Main Street, Just 15 Miles Down the Road, Where We Alta Vistans Go to Shop, Relax and Submerge Ourselves in Sante Fe Trail History Alta Vista is fortunate in many ways, not least its proximity to the charming and historic town of Council Grove. And when I say historic, I mean ancient in…

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Coming Soon: The Walled Garden of Alta Vista KS

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The Collection Series: In Search of Gallery Representation: 29 Carvings Sold,1 Gifted, 37 For Sale

My Collection Series Marble Sculpture was Carved to be Light, Portable and Fully Emerged in the Real World Unlike traditional stone sculpture of similar dimension that can weigh hundreds of pounds and may only be moved with the assistance of heavy lifting gear, my revolutionary Colorado Yule Marble Collection Series was carved to be picked up and carried, allowing easy movement from one vantage…

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My Favorite Marble Carving Pictures: the First Decade of My Online Magazine and Sculpture Gallery

To Celebrate the martincooney.com Tenth Anniversary, here is a Collection of some of my Favorite Marble Carving Photographs that have appeared across a Great Many Posts over the Last Decade and are Displayed Here, Together in One Place, for the Very First Time In my last post I assembled some of my favorite limestone carving photographs, and today I present a similar collection in marble –…

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My Favorite Limestone Carving Pictures: the First Decade of My Online Magazine and Sculpture Gallery

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The Summer of 23 KMJ Bus Tour Flyer: Hot off the Press, Read all About it

Martin Cooney, 21st Century Stone Carver, 1Download ~ ~ ~ The Summer of 23 KMJ Bus Tour Flyer: Hot off the Press, Read All About it ~ ~ ~ Thank you for visiting martincooney.com, established 2013 ~ ~ ~ /\/\aRti|\|

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On the Road Flyer: THE KMJ Stoneworks Menu of Events and Services

Every good idea needs a catalyst to set it all in motion, and so, may I present the flyer that I intend to distribute on the road, as Kris and I take THE KMJ Stoneworks to The Great American Mid West

Every good idea needs a catalyst to set it all in motion, and so, may I present the flyer that I intend to distribute on the road, as Kris and I take THE KMJ Stoneworks to The Great American Mid West For twenty years I have had the pleasure and privelege of carving stone at a professional level, to the point that the results of my work are spread across the Roaring Fork Valley and beyond, right…

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All Packed Up: and Almost Ready to Go

It might be springtime everywhere else, but this year, winter conditions are still upon us, like never before in all of our 20 years here in The Roaring Fork Valley. Sunny days have been few this year, and lots of people are talking about it.

With our impending departure now just a matter of weeks away, here is a gallery that I snapped just a matter of hours ago It might be springtime everywhere else, but this year, winter conditions are still upon us, like never before in all of our 20 years here in The Roaring Fork Valley. Sunny days have been few this year, and lots of people are talking about it. “Where’s the sun?” they say. Good…