Archive for October, 2018
Thursday, October 11th, 2018
After my success with the police shields I created, I was asked to design a retirement gift for a senior officer.
The brief was to incorporate stone from 5 districts; Avon and Somerset, Gloucestershire, Devon and Cornwall, Dorset and Wiltshire.
The design I came up with was a layered bowl. Unfortunately I ...
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Thursday, October 4th, 2018
I was approached last year about designing and creating awards for Gloucestershire Constabulary Police Officers.
This was a very interesting proposal and obviously there was a restricted budget to take into consideration. We settled on the Gloucestershire Constabulary shield which is instantly recognisable. I soon realised that this would have been ...
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Monday, October 1st, 2018
I had been given an indication of what my customer wanted and so I made a few sketches, this drawing is the one she settled upon. It is called Mother and Child.
I chose to carve in Lepine limestone, it is a very dense, fine stone and a joy to carve. ...
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