Cat's Eye Carving

The Gloucester Stone Carving Festival

I am pleased to say that the Sun was shining when I handed over £1635 to Jeremy Williamson, The Chairman of The Llanthony Secunda Priory Trust.

Thanks to the £1500 raised from the sale of raffle tickets for my Mermaid carving and the money raised from the auction of all the carvings created over The Whitsun Bank Holiday Weekend. A profit of just over £2500 which was divided between The Llanthony Secunda Priory Trust (£1635) and The Gloucester Geology Trust (£1090)

Follow this link for more information on the Priory http://www.stonecarvingfestival.co.uk/2013/04/where-is-it/

There is extensive work to be done on The priory buildings and unfortunately it was recently broken into and suffered some water damage from the thieves tearing out copper pipes.

There are plans to take the ground level back to it’s original height particularly around the stables and along the canal side, when the canal was dug they just dumped the contents on the side thereby covering the existing archaeology and jumbling up what they took out of the canal basin. It is a very exciting undertaking and I look forward to having a hands on role as well as helping with the fundraising.

Look out for the next Stone Carving Festival returning in 2015.

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The Gloucester Stone Carving Festival

I hope you remember the event that I organised back in May, well I am finally in a position to present the cheque for £1635 to The Llanthony Secunda Priory Trust.

The Gloucester Geology Trust have received their cheque which was £1090 already and I am sure that they have put it to good use.

I will be at The Llanthony Secunda Priory in Hempsted, Gloucester at 16.15 to hand the cheque to the Chairman of the Trust, Jeremy Williamson.

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He’s not mean he’s a guard grotesque!

My latest carving, A handsome grotesque to ward off the baddies!!

Carved in Tetbury limestone he stands about 11 inches high, this carving took me about 20hrs, and costs £650

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Some small carvings for sale.

I am developing a selection of small carvings and items made from stone that are easier to pick up and carry away for very reasonable prices, I am constantly designing new pieces and I listen to my visitors about what they would like to be able to buy.

This is a selection of faces;

This is a selection of dishes;

A flower and some letters; I can post 3 carved letters in a gift box  1st class recorded delivery for £6.

A selection of my pendants;

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Inspired by Ferns

Here are the final photos of my latest sculpture. I have used a piece of  Tetbury Limestone and finely sanded the surface, it feels like silk to the touch.

It has the fine flowing lines that I love to carve and was inspired by the unfurling of plants in particular Ferns. It stands approximately 18inches high, it is about 11 inches wide and 8 inches deep. This carving costs £980

I have given it a simple Forest of Dean sandstone base, plain and square, not wanting to detract from my carving.

It has beautiful swirls in the stone as I carved it diagonally bedded to accentuate the pattern. I love this carving and look forward to getting on with the next one.

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