Archive for October, 2012

Portrait of a Horse in Welsh Slate.

Tuesday, October 30th, 2012

I received a commission at the beginning of October to carve a portrait of a much loved horse. It was for a 30th Birthday present and the young girl has had the horse since he was 3yrs old. The owner brought me in some photos to work from, her favourite recent pose ...

Stone-carving Festival.

Sunday, October 21st, 2012

Hi everyone, you will be pleased to find out that the official website for my exciting event has gone live. Please visit www.stonecarvingfestival.co.uk  for information and press releases. Obviously more information will be added as soon as I have it. My event is still in the early days of organising but I ...

Syreford limestone carving

Wednesday, October 17th, 2012

Here are some photos of my new carving. This represents 4 days work. I am carving a piece of Syreford limestone which is quarried in the North Cotswolds. The stone has been allowed to weather outside for 2 yrs in order to make sure that it wasn't going to suffer any ...