Cat's Eye Carving

Day 3 of the backyard stone carving event

Had a great day carving and I was very thankful for my gazebo as it was another gloriously hot and sunny day.

Before I got started this little creature was on my stone, I hadn’t realised that she was laying eggs and unfortunately the eggs didn’t make it, the creature did though, she flew off.

Hopefully you can start to see what I have in my mind now and obviously tomorrow I might get close to finishing it.

I am not working with a reverse template for the sphere, which represents planet Earth but I am happy that it looks right so far. I am not sure what detail I will add, this depends on the detail that I am able to get with the rest of the carving.

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Day 2 of the backyard stone carving event

Another hot and sunny day again today, had to put my gazebo up (with some help from my boyfriend) so I could get on and carve in my garden workshop.

Here are some photos showing how far I have got today.

This idea was a simple outline to start with but with many of my carvings of this type they evolve as my ideas develop, the quality of the stone also makes a difference and often determine how much detail I am able to achieve.

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Backyard stone carving festival. Lock down.

This really is a strange time for us all but one of my stonemason friends thought it would be a good idea to hold a socially distanced stonemason’s festival.

I have been working out of my garden with my makeshift easel for letter cutting, one of my benches from my workshop and a growing pile of stone at various stages of carving. 

This one is what I have been working on, in between the  letter cutting, painting and gilding but these jobs are on hold for a few days so I can take part in this festival. 

How I feel sometimes during this global crisis.

There were two themes, I chose ‘nature takes over’. My idea is the planet suspended in amongst plants, leaves and flowers, maybe even a butterfly, I have several types to choose from fluttering around my garden.

I have made a few sketches and I have some beautiful climbing plants ready to burst into flower for my inspiration.

The stone is a piece if Tetbury limestone with fossils and calcite veins but it is solid, dense and hard so it will hold detail quite well.

Here’s the starting process from today.

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A sculpture for this weird time

Alot of emotions swirl around when we’re scared and frustrated. We’re not aloud to hug, shake hands or kiss.

Don’t sneeze or cough, don’t touch anything, wear a mask don’t wear a mask, wash your clothes as soon as you get back from the shops where you can’t buy what you want because everyone has panic bought.

I am no exception, I am keeping as busy as possible as it is how I am coping but deep inside I am scared.

I have designed this sculpture to portray this fear.

It is similar to my sleeping pixie and pins and needles but maybe my sub-concious has shown me the next one in this series,

I only have a small piece of stone to carve this in and can’t go to the quarry but I will be carving it out of Tetbury limestone and obviously keep you posted.

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My Hare carving.

I have been working on lots of different things over the last 2 wks, I ave finally finished my limestone carving of a hare. 

It is hand carved out of French limestone from the South West region of France.

This carving is for sale at £600 if you are interested please get in touch.

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