Archive for March, 2016

Visit to Sudeley Castle

Thursday, March 31st, 2016

What better way to spend my day off than a visit to a magnificent historic building. The Sun was shining and it was so lovely and warm that Sudeley Castle and landscaped gardens seemed the perfect choice. I hadn't been here before but the photos on their website intrigued me. The castle ...

Highgate Memorial Sculpture

Wednesday, March 30th, 2016

I have been busy carving this Portland limestone memorial sculpture for Highgate Cemetery. Here are some more photos of the development. [nggallery id=335] As I have been carving this I have had a live model to take some dimensions from, she has what I imagine an Art Nouveau frame to be which helps ...

Memorial sculpture for Highgate Cemetery

Sunday, March 20th, 2016

It is always an honour to be given the responsibility of carving a memorial to help remember a loved one. This commission is giving me the opportunity to use all of my training as a stonemason, artist, sculptor and letter cutter. I was asked to design a sculpture memorial incorporating an Art Nouveau style woman. Due ...

Final installment of our trip to Breckenridge.

Friday, March 4th, 2016

Well here are the final photos. As you can see despite the altitude and climate we were able to complete our dragons. We had to have a shade put up as the glorious sun was melting our carving and detail was being lost. On Wednesday Ed carved the ice we had made from ...