Sculpture
Sculpted Shell-shaped Birdbath
Sculpted shell-shaped Birdbath with graceful fluted rim carved in fine Yorkstone. Stages showing the detail and process of carving the natural stone shell-shaped Birdbath from a block of raw stone through roughing out, shaping and finishing the surface. Shell Birdbath – Howley Park Sandstone – 24″ x 20″ x 8″ – £1500.00 […]
Fox Cub
Fox Cub sculpture carved in Hazeldean Sandstone As the gorse is in magnificent bloom just now, I thought Fox Cub would appreciate being in the wild landscape amongst the perfumed spikes, so we set off for the Common to enjoy the early morning sunshine.
Hare with a brown back
Sculpture of a sitting Hare carved in Yorkstone. This is one of the pieces heading to Norton Way Gallery very shortly for their upcoming exhibition at the Affordable Art Fair – Hampstead Heath, London – May 8-12. And you can see here how it came by its name – Hare with a brown back […]
Swallow Fly
Swallow Fly – sculpture of a Swallow in flight carved in Soapstone Last year my first sighting of a Swallow was on 13 April, so I’m looking skyward now with expectations of their return very soon. How happy it feels when you catch first sight – a glint of shiny feathers, sweet chittering and […]
Slim Sliver of Hare
Sliver of Hare – carved in English Alabaster – a small piece measuring just 4″ in length. Most of the colouring in the stone is at the Hare’s head and rather aptly echoes the tumult and frenzy Hares exhibit come Spring time. So many of the special qualities of Alabaster fit with the myth […]
In the Workshop over Easter
Witton Fell Hare takes shape in the workshop this Easter – I’m working over the long weekend which also coincides with the change to British Summer Time. No time to lose, we lost an hour! The Hare of course is long associated with this time of year and so it is fitting to be […]
Little Hushwings
I spent some time over the last month setting aside some Ancaster Limestone for carving my small Barn Owl sculptures, the Little Hushwings. They’re now all chiselled to shape and sanded for an impeccable finish. Although I follow the same form for each one made – they’re every bit individuals, and of course every […]
Nightjar Sculpture
A number of years ago I went out on a Nightjar watching evening. Once we arrived at the site I found a tussock of heather and made myself comfortable. And watched, and waited. We were surrounded by trees and rough upland terrain, which gradually became indistinct as the light ebbed away. But still I […]
Vixen Cub
Fox sculpture carved in Fell Sandstone – a Vixen cub sitting in the Spring morning sunshine on mossy tree roots on the edge of Hagg Wood. March is the peak month for fox cub births, though it will be a few weeks before they emerge from the den. They’re born blind and deaf […]
The Moorhen at Oldfield Pond
I’ve come to this pond to watch wildlife many times – here it is in Winter, looking a little bleak – but as we come into Spring the edges fill with rush and reeds and its inhabitants re-appear and it is teeming with activity and life. For as long as I can remember a […]