Recent events and new commissions.
1 June, 2023 – 10:29 amMy last couple of commissions were a carving of the Star Tarot card, a commission for a wedding anniversary present.
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Hand carved out of French limestone, 14 x 19 inches square, this carving took roughly 120 hours to carve.
House names and numbers are my bread and butter, this next commission started with a rather scruffy piece of stone, the surface needed chiselling back to a clean surface and so I called on my stonemasonry training to square and flatten the surface ready to carve the new house sign. My customers are having this built into their new wall.
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Before I left for Kent, I made the drawings and templates for the Grotesque carving for the Maison Dieu commission.
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The last two events have been a success, the White Mill in Sandwich was open for National Mills weekend and this was when I started the grotesque carving for the Maison Dieu in Dover.
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I set up my display of my stone carvings, letters and words but I was also demonstrating. There was lots of interest in what I was doing.
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The next event was in Market square in Dover as part of the Medieval Pilgrim’s trail. I set up outside the Museum, and while I was demonstrating for some of it, I also had a carving of the Maison Dieu Wyvern and lettering for people to take a rubbing from. I had 6 pieces of limestone as well and this was incredibly popular for people, young and old to come and try their hand at stone carving.
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My latest commission saw me travelling up to the centre of London, I have been engaged as the stonemason in residence, every year I will go to the hall of the Worshipful Company of Founders to carve into a stone plaque and paint onto a gilded plaque, the name of the out-going master.
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I have a busy couple of weeks ahead so I’ll be updating again soon.