Cat's Eye Carving

Letter cutting commissions.

This house sign is hand carved out of Portland limestone and is finished with 23 carat gold leaf.

Before I start carving I draw out the design on the surface of the stone and check with my customer that they are happy before any carving starts.

Florence Villas was a replacement for a very broken piece of Bath stone from over a 100 years ago. I used a coarse Lepine which has good weathering properties.

Senlac is hand carved out of a piece of seasoned Oak and I have finished this with black paint and yacht varnish. Young’s Cottage is hand carved Welsh slate and due to the nature of this material, it doesn’t need painting.

This memorial is hand carved out of Old Red sandstone from the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, the images are important to the family, I have finished this with enamel paint and gold leaf on the sun.

Cleaning memorials is very satisfying as it brings the carving back to fresh and like new. I have scrubbed these ones, sanded them and then re-painted the letters.

If you would like to find out any more information on the services that I provide, please feel free to get in touch.