Cat's Eye Carving

Viking commission.

I was asked to carve a replica of a small glass ornament that my customer owned.

I wanted to use my favourite Tetbury limestone, and thankfully I still have some in my store.

After I had rounded the stone, I started to mark where the details would be.

I left some stone on to create a moustache and asked my customer to come in and give me his input. He was happy with my progress, but wasn’t keen on the moustache. It’s better to do it this way, I can’t put the stone back.

It’s quite tricky interpreting from photographs, but he turned out really well and reminds me of Noggin the Nog and the Lewis chess set.