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A Grand Day Out – Cornish Soapstone
Recently I got a call from the makers of Susan Calman’s television series A Grand Day Out. Susan was to visit the South Coast of Cornwall (a return visit as she loves it so much), and the beautiful Cornish Soapstone got a little mention in the programme. This episode featured some of my carvings […]
Marly Bird for Manchester
Marly Bird carved in Ancaster Weatherbed Limestone is one of the new pieces I’m showing at the Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair. The Fair is from 13-16 October at the beautiful Victoria Baths venue in Manchester. Details about the Fair and for full list of exhibitors and ticket information visit Great Northern Events […]
Hedgepig and Hawthorn
Hedgepig – Hedgehog sculpture carved in Ancaster Weatherbed Limestone At the moment I’m feeding a Hedgehog that is visiting the garden, it appears just as the light is fading each evening. It moves very fast at times, surprising me with how quickly it runs. These bursts are interspersed with moments when it is still, […]
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, […]