Archive for March, 2025

Letter cutting.

Thursday, March 20th, 2025

At the core of my small business is my ability to cut letters in both stone and wood. My house signs are very popular as I can bring my creativity and style to each one. This is a Welsh slate house sign, first of all my customer decides their typeface, ...

Willow carving

Tuesday, March 11th, 2025

This was an interesting commission, my customer asked me if I could carve a piece of willow that had lain outside for a few years it had been covered up, and the bark had offered some protection. She had planted this tree in memory of her husband and sadly the ...

Compass Rose, part two.

Wednesday, March 5th, 2025

This commission should have been relatively straightforward, I couldn't have foretold what would happen on the 4th Feb though. Unfortunately I fell and broke my ankle, already 2 weeks behind because the quarry had forgotten to cut the stone, I was now in danger of missing the deadline of the end ...

Sculpture in St Paul’s Cathedral

Sunday, March 2nd, 2025

We are not born knowing how to carve an angel's wing, nor are we taught at college, or at least, they didn't teach it on my degree. We can observe birds, but they don't tend to sit still, it's actually easier to learn from something already carved. The wings on this ...