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Stone Sculpture and naturalistic planting
If you missed the Beautiful & Useful Fair – here are a few images from the weekend. One of the lovely things about exhibiting at the Beautiful & Useful Fair is the venue. The Fair is held at Sussex Prairie Garden in Henfield which lends the most beautiful backdrop for my sculpture. This naturalistic […]
Beautiful & Useful Fair this weekend
It is the Beautiful & Useful Fair this weekend, so I’m gathering up pieces ready to show. These are Serpentine vases in the softest green colour with hints of warm gold with white veining and mottling. Each vase shaped and then polished to bring out the glorious colours. Every stone vase has a glass […]
Barn Owl Sculpture
Barn Owl sculpture carved in Hazeldean Sandstone – 15″ x 7″ x 15″ The Barn Owl sculpture is made by hand chiselling a solid block of Hazeldean Sandstone using the method of direct carving. The details of the wings and feet are delicately cut with a sharp flat chisel in an artistically minimalist way. […]
Water Vole sculpture
Water Vole sculpture carved in Yorkstone When not eating herbs and grasses at the water’s edge, Water Voles are digging their burrows in the soft soily banks or sniffing the air to check for intruders to their territory.
From Anglesey, Weardale and Lastingham
A romance of moorland colour. A mid-grey marbled stone from Anglesey, a dark peaty brown stone from Weardale, County Durham, and heather from Lastingham. And of course made in Lastingham. Hand carved and polished marble stem vases with snips of ling from the North York Moors. A tribute to place, each with its particular […]
Swallow sculpture in progress
Stone sculpture in progress depicting a Swallow momentarily perched. The carving is in Cornish Soapstone and will be polished once I’ve completed the shaping, slimming and refining. A swallow pair nested here at the workshop this year, raising five youngsters and so I’m surrounded by their happy sounding chirruping as I carve. I watched […]
Strolling where the Heather blooms
I climbed the hill up from the village, through the gate, and took the short track to the moorland beyond. I come up here often – Lastingham Ridge on Spaunton Moor. The walk slowed to a stroll. Heather just coming into bloom. Faint scent of honey. I’m thinking of ways to describe the scene, […]
Beautiful & Useful Fair 2022
I’m enjoying curating pieces for the Beautiful & Useful Fair 2022 where I’ll be showing my work in September. Definitely included is the Catcastle Vase, hand carved in pale and intriguingly textured natural stone. Each vase in the collection is differently marked with unusual pattern and subtle colouring. The three minimal designs are all […]
Swanley Mouse
Whilst at Swanley Grange, Fountains Abbey for the Heritage Crafts 2022 last weekend I started a sculpture as part of my stone carving demonstration. It wasn’t finished at the time, but now back at the workshop I’ve completed Swanley Mouse. Granges were outlying monastic farms that provided food for the monks. Swanley was one […]
Mole Sculpture
A sculpture, straight out of the animal world, carved in Cornish Soapstone (Polyphant) depicting a Mole ready to put its huge front digging paws to use and burrow underground. The stone piece used for carving Mole has beautiful colouring, which has been fully celebrated in the refined finish and polished smooth surface. Mole sculpture […]