Cat's Eye Carving

More lovely carvings

Hi peeps, I have been making the most of this latest lockdown to carve lots of lovely things for you to look at and maybe buy.

My Passion flower carving I started in 2015, I had a beautiful plant growing outside my shop, it’s in Kent now growing at my Mum and Dad’s house. I made some drawings and this is the result. It is finally finished and ready to display in my shop. I hand carved it in Portland limestone. I deliberately left the raw edge so that it looks like it has come out of an historic freeze.

The next two words that I have just carved and painted are again drawn out specific to the stone, I design them straight onto the stone so that they work with the shape. I have introduced a pop of red which I think works really well with the silver and gold. These would be fine outside.

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Charity exhibition in London but not in London.

One of the ways that I was celebrating my 15th anniversary was by taking part in an exhibition in London but obviously Covid-19 has caused us all to be creative in how we go about our daily lives.

The exhibition is now online, this ensures that the fundraising for the Worshipful Company of Masons can still go ahead. The gallery are giving all the commission which is almost 50% to the charity fund.

I have three of my broken seashell carvings available in an online exhibition which is arranged by Gallery Different in London.

I decided to choose these three carvings as they are unusual and beautiful and would suit anyone’s home or garden.

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Love and Hope

During this lockdown I have been busy carving, here are few new pieces and some older ones. The calligraphy style that I use has it foundation in my own hand writing and styles that I have used and developed over the last 15 years.

I use enamel paint, mineral paint or gold leaf to finish the letters depending on what I think will look pleasing. I use a wide variety of Forest of Dean sandstone but for these carvings I have used Birchhill sandstone.

If you have any questions please get in touch.

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Christmas presents galore.

Hi everyone, you will be pleased to hear that I have started to carve again. I won’t be at full speed for a few weeks but I am carving again, Hurray. I have topped up my carved initial blocks and now I  have some commissions to get carved for my very patient customers.

I have been painting and creating my Christmas decorations and while I haven’t had the opportunity to carve any new pieces yet here are some of the carvings and creations that I have available for sale in my shop right now.

I haven’t taken photos of everything that I have but if you would like to see what else I have you can always email me and i will send you pictures or you can pop in if it’s convenient and obviously possible and safe.

I will be getting back on with the memorial at the end of November.

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2 weeks to go

You will be pleased to hear that I am healing well and using my right arm more now, although simple things like typing, drawing and washing make it ache. I am going swimming this afternoon and I promise I will take it steady.

In 2 weeks time I will be officially able to pick up my hammer and chisel but it will take a bit more time before I am back to full speed. I am confident though that all my commissions will get done and I will have time to make some wonderful new carvings for you to buy in time for Christmas.

I am still not open properly yet but I am opening at the weekends and there is talk of some late night openings for the whole site in the run up to Christmas.

Thank you all for your best wishes and I hope to see you soon.

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