Stone Carving and Letter Cutting
Because of my relocation my opening times have changed slightly.
I open at weekends from 11am-5pm, Tuesday-Friday 10am-5pm and I am closed on Mondays, unless it is a bank holiday
Obviously if you are making a special journey to see me, please call ahead to make sure I am in!
After an excting week at Taurus Crafts, I am pleased to announce that I will be staying. I will be in the marquee until April and then I will be moving into a permanent workshop on the site.
I will be starting my stone carving classes again once I am in my new workshop. Please check back for information about exciting events in the next couple of months!
Well here he is, I have taken a series of photos, which help to document the week! What a tough week it was, rain sunshine wind hailstones and me sitting outside carving in it-well not the hail stones!!!!
I chose to carve a Wild Boar’s head because of the connection to the Forest of Dean! I chose not to carve the head and the body because I only had 7 days, and I’m pretty sure he’s big life-size!!!
I was carving Tetbury limestone from Veizeys Quarry-my favourite, not just because of the colour, but also the hardness-I don’t like carving anything too soft, it is actually more difficult!
Well here are some photos from Monday!
As you can see he is still just a rough block of stone, but I have put some saw cuts in to start to identify where his ears are going to be!
Tuesday!
Here you can start to see where his tusks are going to be, it is important when carving stone to know how much and where to leave stone in order to create the final features!
Wednesday!
Thursday!
Friday!
Saturday!
Sunday!
So he is finished and he now has a new home!
I am excited to announce that I will be at Taurus crafts demonstrating my carving ability from the 21st-27th Feb.
I will also be selling my sculptures, gifts and new pendants.
For details on the opening times and other events please visit www.tauruscrafts.co.uk
I am very excited to announce that I will be moving to a well established community of artists and craftsmen situated in The Forest of Dean. It is open to the public and features year round events.
This is a fantastic opportunity for Cat’s Eye Carving and I hope to see you soon!
I will announce my opening times and the site in the next few weeks!