Archive for September, 2016
Tuesday, September 13th, 2016
I am busy designing some lettering to carve for my shop.
The stone is sandstone from Birch Hill in the Forest of Dean. I am designing the letters as I go. These are not copied from a book but inspired by the many forms of calligraphy and my own imagination.
The letters ...
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Sunday, September 4th, 2016
Here are some more photos of my carving of a Brown Bear in Tetbury limestone.
As you can see I have spent some more time carving around the face and the difference is obvious. I am gradually working my way around the stone carving and the shapes of the Bear.
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Friday, September 2nd, 2016
This commission is incredibly interesting. The Brown Bear is such a beautiful creature.
The stone is from Veizeys Quarry nr Tetbury in South Gloucestershire, there are a lot of fossils and hard calcite veins running through this piece if stone which lends itself to the rugged nature of the wild animal.
I have ...
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