Archive for the ‘Carrie’s News’ Category

Creative Careers Day.

Sunday, January 28th, 2024

I spent Friday inspiring young adults with stonemasonry. East Kent College in Dover in conjunction with the Maison Dieu ran a creative careers café, the students could choose which activity they would participate in and there were also tours of the college. I was invited to run stonemasonry activities and decided to ...

House signs.

Sunday, January 21st, 2024

These two are the very latest commissions, very different house signs but carved with the same care. Designing a house sign can take a few tries, as finding out what my customer doesn't want helps me identify what they would like. The second image is whimsical and has a toy like hare, ...

Commissions

Saturday, December 30th, 2023

This is one of my latest commissions. I was asked to carve something unique to celebrate a wedding that took place in Bali. This is hand carved and painted out of a piece of Forest of Dean sandstone, with the national flower of Bali and holes for tealights. 3 Rectory Orchard ...

Greenman carving

Monday, December 18th, 2023

I finished my Greenman carving today, he's got a real old grumpy look about him, but in a good way, maybe it's just because I'm fed up with the weather and it's coming out in my carving. He He He. Here's a video from my youtube channel and the finished photos. This ...

Greenman carving.

Sunday, December 17th, 2023

This Greenman is straight out of my imagination, I am not working from a plan or sketch. This is a fun way to be creative as things that I observe in nature and people that I meet come out of my sub-conscious and wind up as a stone carving. Here's a ...