Stone Carving and Letter Cutting
As well as myself there are other workshops,
Paul Webb-woodturner.
Sally Taylor-Printmaking using the etching process.
Glos Geo conservation.
Rob Wiltshire-stained glass maker and blacksmith
Art shape will be moving on site in the next month or so.
BTCV.
Woven Textile maker.
The Gallery and Tearoom are still unfinished, but hopefully these essential additions will be ready soon.
These are some images of The Tithe Barn arts and craft centre and my new workshop.
I carried out a degree at Christ Church in Canterbury, Kent. I concentrated my studies on portaiture and figurative sculpture.
This is what I am developing in my stonecarvings and I am influenced by the Art Nouveau Period. This incorporates nature and the beauty of the female form.
Barbara Hepworth , Jacob Epstein, Eric Gill, Maillol, Rodin among others are also an influence on my work.
I am planning on creating some new and larger figurative carvings, as well as continuing my exploration into the difficulties of carving intricate figures on a small scale.
Please have a look at my gallery to give you an idea of my work. If you can come and visit me at my new premises in Brockworth I would love to discuss my work with you.
At the moment the main gallery at the craft centre is not ready, therefore all my stone carvings for sale will be on display in my workshop. I also carve giftware, bowls, tealight holders, small ornamental carvings. Prices range from £10 for the smaller items to £6800 for my largest figurative carving-Pins and Needles.
Commissioning a work of art is very straightforward, I can show you images of commissions that I have carried out in the past which may give you some ideas, or you may have a totally unique idea that you would like carved in stone.
This can be a table top cut from slate a sculpture to serve as a feature in your home or garden or some lettering.
I use various stones to create my carvings; Red Sandstone from the Forest of Dean, Slate from Delabole in North Cornwall. I am planning on stocking Welsh Slate as well, Tetbury Limestone from Veizeys Quarry, Various other Cotwold Limestone and Portland Limestone from Dorset.
I cut the letters by hand using various chisels. I have a large selection of lettering styles and can create new fonts to your specifications. ‘Wildwood’ in my gallery was designed for one of my customers.
I can carve house name, numbers, poems, phrases that are pertinent to you. The prices depend on the size of the letters, number of characters and the finish-this can be left as it is cut, painted in a variety of colours or gilded using 23 and 3/4 gold leaf. I also carve memorial stones for the dearly departed. I don’t put photos of these on my website but would be more than happy to discuss this in person and show you some examples.
As a traditionally trained stonemason, I can undertake conservation and restoration work, cleaning statues, repointing-using lime mortars and simple stonemasonry projects.
I apologise for not adding any new material to my website, but as you can imagine I have been a little pre-occupied with the big move. I am re-locating to a new craft centre. Please check out my other post for more details and a map.
I have been working on several new projects. The one that is really exciting is my use of slate in creating water movement. this is an on-going project and will involve a series of carvings. for some examples have a look at my gallery and a dedicated post.
I have been dying to carve another large scale figure and with the move comes a bigger workshop, therefore I have the stone lined up and will be creating what will hopefully be another beauty. As some of you may be aware, I generally work straight from my head, but with the larger scale works, I often make a small clay model-a Maquette. This enables me to cement the idea in my head, but generally this is not what I work from once I get started.
I will also be able to develop my paintings and drawings as I have a dedicated space for what I call clean work.
This move promises to be one of great development and the possibilities are endless!!!