Archive for April, 2012

Highnam Court Spring Fair 2012

Sunday, April 29th, 2012

Well the great British weather strikes once more! I am writing this on the day when I should be there carving, but the weather is horrendous out there-the event was cancelled. Thankfully we were warned that this could happen and therefore I decided not to carve what I had planned but fail ...

Cherub Commission. X

Sunday, April 22nd, 2012

[nggallery id=151] Well here they are, I still have to carve the inscription and shape the stone blocks. [nggallery id=152] The inscription will be carved on a sunken panel. You will notice a hole under the hands at the front, this is to drain off the water that would otherwise pool. I may put ...

Cherubs IX

Monday, April 16th, 2012

[nggallery id=148] Well here are the latest photos, as you can see I have started to carve more detail and there is a hand! [nggallery id=149] I decided to carve feathers between the wing and the shoulder in order to give strength but hopefully make it look delicate. [nggallery id=150] From mittens to fingers, I ...

The next project.

Sunday, April 15th, 2012

I will be putting the cherub commission on hold for a few weeks while I get on with some other commissions. However as my website is about 2wks behind the cherubs, there are still 2 more posts to go up! The next commission is a carving of a Green man with ...

Cherubs VIII

Monday, April 9th, 2012

[nggallery id=146] Well as you can see the beautiful weather is ideal for working outside, this light is perfect for seeing detail and obviously once I have washed the dust off, I can see what needs to be worked on next! Having put the first shapes over the hair I can start ...