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Sculpture in the Garden
And what a beautiful garden it is. Here are images of my work at the Streamside Sculpture Trail at RHS Garden Harlow Carr. I walked the streamside path myself – it took ages as I stopped and took in the beauty of the planting in this garden and marvelled at the creativity and talent […]
Streamside Sculpture Trail
I carved the Kingfisher specially for the Streamside Sculpture Trail which is currently showing at RHS Garden Harlow Carr and runs throughout June. Do you remember the first time you saw a Kingfisher? There’s usually just a flash of blue and sometimes you hear their call. My very first sighting was like that, […]
Otter Streamside
Today I delivered and set up pieces at RHS Garden Harlow Carr for the Streamside Sculpture Trail which is on during June. At the gate I met a similarly loaded vehicle, with sculpture padded and strapped for the journey – and in the gardens other sculptors busy setting out their pieces. One of my […]
New Chisels
Great excitement in the workshop today – it always is when I get new tools. I unwrapped them slowly, meticulously and laid them out – three chisels, primarily for lettercutting, but they’ll get to carve too. They’re pristine, the steel clean and the tungsten carbide tips perfect, the blue coating friendly and reassuring. I […]
Happy Easter Wishes
H A P P Y E A S T E R Lots of wishes for a very happy Easter time – I’ve been practicing my slate carving and had planned to have an appropriate stone Easter image, a goose with egg, for you in celebration – but time ran out! Here are work in […]
The Art Market YORK
‘Congratulations!’ it said – an email I’ve just received from The Art Market YORK to say that I have been selected to exhibit at their show in October 2016. I had a conversation towards the end of last year with some local artist friends Janet and Richard Burdon, photographers who spoke very highly of […]
Stone Vases
Many years ago I saw the work of Mitsuru Koga and discovered his beautifull Sea Stone Works – miniature vases made from stones he had collected on the beach. The whole concept behind the work appeals – to quote ‘I look for really beautiful stones, finding beautiful stones starts the process of creating’ […]
Shrew Sculpture – Egyptian style
A fascinating ancient Egyptian bronze shrew sarcophagus, dating to the Late Period, 664 – 332 BC. I found this image at ArtAncient whilst searching for information about shrews – to get to know more about these little mammals that I’m rather fond of, as you know from this recent shrew, and this one. The […]
Ovoid
An egg shape might be described as oval (the word oval comes from the Latin word for egg and means ‘having the shape of an egg’). It looks like an ellipse which has been slightly squished at one end. Or perhaps spheroid (means a bit like a sphere, but not exactly!) The three-dimensional […]