Stone Carving and Letter Cutting
This takes place in Salzberg, Austria, from July 3rd-5th 2009
visit www.stone-festival.org
2010 it will be in Saverne in The Vogue Mountains in France
2012 it will return to Trondheim in Norway.
Hello everyone, just a quick one to say that I have put some new pictures on my gallery, hope you like my new work!
Here’s an update on the charity Stonemasons festival that I am organising.
It will take place on the 23rd/24th/25th May 2009. At The Harts Barn Craft Centre, Longhope, Gloucestershire. GL17 0QD.
Our charities will be; All Saints Church in Longhope, they are raising money for a restoration project, and The Cobalt Appeal, a cancer research charity.
The stone has been very kindly donated for a second year running, by Veizeys Quarry on the Avening Road near Tetbury-my favourite carving material.
There will be a hog roast and cider tent, these are both produced locally!!
There is a small admission charge, for individuals- £2.50 and families -£5.00, with a free programme.
Obviously all the favourites will be in the courtyard, including the fabulous Old Dairy Tearoom.
Just give me a shout if you would like any more information.
See you there!!
I am sorry that it has been a while since I last put up a new post, but I hope that you all had a good Christmas and New Year. I am certainly looking forward to this year.
I have been quite busy, which is very good. I have been working on 3 new carvings, which are coming along very well and I hope to have some photos to show you soon.
Just before Christmas, I sold Meditation and The Elfin Girl, which was a huge boost to my confidence.
I have also started to organise this years Stone Carving Festival. This will take place on the 23rd/24th and 25th of May, at the Harts Barn Craft Centre. Lets hope the weather holds for us this year. The charities that the profits from the sale of the carvings will go to haven’t been finalised yet, but don’t worry we will choose some worthy ones. I will give you more details once they have been finalised.
I will be taking part in 2 other carving events this year , one at The Highnam Court Spring Fair on the 25th and 26th of April, there will be 12 of us carving Green Men out of Cotswold limestone, with a silent auction being held on the Sunday afternoon, this is to raise money for The Pied Piper appeal and Gloucester Cathedral. Then in July around the 18th and 19th , I will be travelling to Trondheim in Norway to take part in another fantastic carving experiance. We will be carving local soapstone, the Cathedral there is built from it. It’s all very exciting!!
In the near future, I am giving David Smith from BBC Radio Gloucestershire the opportunity to have a go at some carving, this will be broadcast in the next couple of months. As soon as I know when, I will let you know, needless to say I am looking forward to his visit!!
Well thats all for now. Thanks for reading. Carrie.
Well here they are, the final photos of my stone carving of my Art Nouveau style woman.
As you can see, the final stages are about creating more depth within the stone carving and refining features.
I use for this are the small tungsten carbide chisels for this, However it is at this stage that I can start using my Firesharp chisels, I have more of a range in these chisels and can create more precise features,
As I reach the final stages I start using my small rifflers files and rasps, The valuable lesson that I learnt from the stone carving, ‘Dancing in the Wind’. As you can see, I pierced through behind the Knee, starting with my small chisels and then moving on to my small rifflers to reduce the vibration on the carving. I used my firesharp gouges to develop the folds around her torso, then finished them off with my small rifflers. Portland stone is alot harder than the Tetbury limestone, so it was more difficult to file away at the finer areas. But it is easier to create finer details.
At the moment she is on my work table, I find it important to leave a carving that I think is completed for a while and look at it to see if there is anything else that needs to be done. But it’s that thing we artists get when creating, knowing when to stop, I tend to stop when I start fussing!! That is when mistakes happen. So yes she is finished.
I have started another carving, but you’ll just have to watch this space!!