Archive for May, 2011

My new workshop!

Friday, May 27th, 2011

For the last 3 mths I have been working out of a small marquee at Taurus Crafts in Lydney, well I am pleased to announce I have finally moved into my permanent workshop. I am situated in the walled garden courtyard with 2 other shops next to me, Undy Yarns and ...

Ludlow Stonecarving Festival.

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

Well another exhilerating weekend has come and gone!! Stonemasons descended on this beautiful example of a Medieval town to carve an unknown stone in order to help raise money for St Laurences Church in Ludlow. We were given the choice of two sizes of local sandstone from a quarry near Shrewsbury-it was incredibly abrasive and ...

Ludlow Stonemasons festival

Monday, May 16th, 2011

Really looking forward to this event on the 21st and 22nd May, for more information please visit http://www.stlaurences.org.uk/ludlow-conservation-weekend This promises to be a very exciting weekend with many interesting events talks and walk as well as the opportunities to watch professional stonemasons at work, at the end you will have the opportunity ...

Highnam Court Spring Fair 2011

Thursday, May 12th, 2011

Thank-you to everyone who came and supported me at this years event! My carving from last year raised £120 for The Pied Piper Appeal and Gloucester Cathedral. The auction was drawn on the Saturday and the lucky winners were very proud to win my Gargoyle! Over the whole weekend I carved a ...

What a week!!

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011

I will not be in today, Tuesday 3rd May. As you can imagine, working over Bank Holiday weekends is incredibly tiring and when you factor in that I spend each day carving I find it necessary to sprinkle in some days off!!!! I will be back in tomorrow, I have some Forest ...