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Tuesday, June 6th, 2017
I have been working on my latest sculpture that will be on display for the Forest and Rivers Open Studios this Summer. I have also started another carving and I have been busy working on some designs for a series of sculptures with a theme that excites and inspires me; the ...
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Tuesday, May 30th, 2017
I have realised that during the last 3yrs that I have been busy with a variety of great commissions but the way I managed my schedule left me with little or no time to develop my hand carved stone sculptures.
With this in mind I am making a conscious effort to balance my time more effectively ...
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Friday, May 12th, 2017
I have been very productive in the last few weeks as you can see.
The carving in the foreground is the Sun altar that I have been commissioned to carve. I have just applied the 23&3/4 carat Gold leaf. There are several other pieces of Forest of Dean sandstone in the ...
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Monday, May 1st, 2017
3wks of Easter holiday really knocks the wind out of me, running my stone carving activities is an incredibly rewarding experience but very tiring. The most memorable 'have a go-ee' was a small girl possibly 6yrs old, very quiet and struggled at first with the mallet and chisel but once she had ...
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Thursday, April 6th, 2017
[caption id="attachment_4929" align="alignnone" width="300"] This is a work in progress, I am carving it out of Mitcheldean sandstone.[/caption]
I have been inspired by the beautiful planets that we share our Solar System with. This is the first carving in my latest series.
When the stone is wet and polished it has beautiful ...
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