Cat's Eye Carving

Large wave carving

Well the seasonal craft fairs are over and I finally finished my carving, it is about 2 and a half ft cubed. Carved in Tetbury limestone. It has some beautiful fossils and calcite veins running through it.

Just so you don’t have to go back through the archive I will put the previous photos in this post. I like to see the progression from a rough block through to the finished sculpture.

I hope you like it. As with all my work this piece of sculpture is for sale and would look beautiful in your home or garden.

This has taken me 3mths to carve. I look forward to showing you my next carving.

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Happy New Year!

Welcome back, I hope you have all had a lovely festive holiday.

I am looking forward to a busy and exciting New Year. I have some new commissions to get on with. I will be welcoming back my students and welcoming new ones.

I am working on ideas to update my website so watch this space for exciting new developments!

I am starting to book up for all this years craft fayres and events-so keep an eye on my events page!

I have inserted a new contact form on my contacts page-hopefully this will make getting in touch easier.

I have plenty to get on with and will keep you updated.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

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Happy Christmas

To all my lovely customers, loyal supporters and welcome visitors; I hope you all have a very Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

I look forward to seeing you next year.

Carrie Horwood, Sculptor and Stonemason.

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Sculpture of the month

I would like to show you some photos of how I went about carving one of my favourite sculptures.

It is carved from Welsh slate and is 3ft high by 18 inches wide and just 2 inches at the thickest depth. I think that this sculpture would look amazing mounted on a wall-I’m working on how this can be acheived safely!

I started carving this peice when I was still at Harts Barn and it is the 3rd piece in a series of ripples carved in slate, I finished it in March 2010, I have some more ripple designs to carve!

I started marking the intersecting ripples using a compass scribing the lines on the surface of the Slate. I used a small flat tungsten carbide tipped chisel to start creating the form followed by various sizes of tungsten tipped bullnose chisels.

As I chiselled my way throught this very hard slate I began to realise how much work I had set myself-but always kept the end finish in sight!

As I worked the beautiful pattern in the layers of the stone started to become apparent and my excitement grew.

I like to wash the carving as I am going to release the dust that is created, it also gives me a different perspective of my work!

The final processes include using files and rifflers and gradually working the scratches out of the surface-these can only be seen when the surface is dry-so I worked with wet and dry sandpaper washed the surface then dried the stone to see how much more work was involved-the whole process by hand took me about 4mths!

I hope you like it!

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Nature in Art at Twigworth.

I am pleased to announce that I have some of my smaller carvings and my unique pendants in the shop at Nature in Art, this is in Twigworth on the Tewkesbury road. For more information about their opening times and events, please visit www.nature-in-art.org.uk

Please watch this space, as I hope to be able to exhibit some of my larger pieces there and maybe do a stint as an artist in residence!

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