Stone Carving and Letter Cutting
I’ve been dying to show you this carving, it was a commission for a birthday present so naturally I had to wait until it had been received. Thankfully the birthday girl loved my carving..
I have carved him out of a piece of French limestone.
Hi everyone, It’s a tricky time for so many people and I am not going to lie, these last few months have been a real struggle mentally.
I have tried to keep busy with my carving and drawing, gardening and tidying but I am looking forward to welcoming you all back…it will be very different though.
From the 15th June Taurus Crafts will be re-opening to the public.
I will be operating an appointment only system, you will be able to book up to an hour to come and see what is in my shop or to discuss a commission. If I don’t have any bookings then I will have a one at a time for any visitors that are on site and would like to look.
I have and open workshop so I will be putting a perspex screen up next to my sink on one of my cabinets so that if I am working here you can feel comfortable looking at these items.
No one will be allowed into my workshop area without a prior appointment so that I can prepare what I need to discuss your requirements.
If you would like to get in touch please click this link.
I have ordered some hand sanitiser and a wall mount to fix to the wall just inside my door which will be available to you as a customer.
I can accept credit card payments over the phone and bacs and my card machine will be sanitised after every use.
Here are the latest photos, I still have some refining to do but the clay needs to dry a bit so that I can carve it.
The first photo is before I added the moustache and hat. It is important to model the face as a whole before adding facial hair in order to get the shape right.
I am currently working on some scale clay models. When I am finally able to make a start on the War Memorial I will have them to work from for the faces of my two soldiers.
I have made wire and packing material armatures, (the second one is visible behind the one I am working on) and I am using high quality air drying modelling clay.
Here are the first photos, this represents roughly 6 hours work including the time taken to construct the armatures.
Hi everyone, I really hope that you are all safe and well.
There is talk of Taurus Crafts opening up next month and with this in mind I have been considering how to open my shop safely.
I think it will have to be either by appointment only if you would like to discuss a commission or buy something or one in at a time. Slots will be up to 30 minutes but this will have to be flexible.
I hope that I will be able to get on with my war memorial commission when I return but this depends on when the lifting equipment can be swapped over.
Obviously my credit card machine will be sanitised after every use but if you would rather I can take payments over the phone or via bacs.
If you have any questions please give me a shout.