Ieuan Rees

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Ieuan (pronounced "YAY-an" )[2] Rees (born about 1941) is a veteran stone cutter, artist, teacher and YouTube personality from Ammanford, Wales.[3][4]

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Ieuan Rees
Born1941 [1]
Alma materRoyal College of Art
OccupationStone cutter
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Education and early life

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Plaque commemorating Samuel Holberry, Peace Gardens, Sheffield[5]

Ieuan Rees has designed stone carvings for The Vicar of Dibley TV series, for opening titles in other UK comedies and has designed works for public buildings including the Senedd in Cardiff, Wales.[3]

Recent fame

Ieuan Rees's most recent claim to fame is via the "Best Unintentional ASMR" channel on YouTube. This YouTube video came about due to a project from "Artisan Media" in 2012. They had intended on video taping artists at work and selling the videos, however, he was "too niche" so they uploaded it to YouTube and abandoned the project, as did Rees himself.[4] It would be eventually picked up by a YouTube channel known as "Best Unintentional ASMR" where it would go on to gather more than 5.6 million views,[6] spawn a "GoFundMe" campaign, and get him interviewed by the BBC,[1] The South Wales Guardian[3] and Inside Edition.[4]

Works

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Jubilee scroll - Sgrôl y Jiwbilî (7294582196) - Given to Queen Elizabeth on her Diamond Jubilee
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The Llandybie Millennium Stone This stone from a local quarry was erected on Llandybie square in 2000. The calligraphy is by Rees

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