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Wednesday, March 5th, 2025
This commission should have been relatively straightforward, I couldn't have foretold what would happen on the 4th Feb though.
Unfortunately I fell and broke my ankle, already 2 weeks behind because the quarry had forgotten to cut the stone, I was now in danger of missing the deadline of the end ...
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Sunday, March 2nd, 2025
We are not born knowing how to carve an angel's wing, nor are we taught at college, or at least, they didn't teach it on my degree. We can observe birds, but they don't tend to sit still, it's actually easier to learn from something already carved.
The wings on this ...
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Tuesday, February 25th, 2025
After a sit down in the Sunshine in Paternoster Square, we moved on to St Paul's Cathedral.
This wonderful vision of Sir Christopher Wren, aided by his chief assistant and surveyor to the City of London, Robert Hooke. The first stone was laid in 1675, and although there was still ...
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Thursday, February 20th, 2025
I had the privilege of a tour around some of Sir Christopher Wren's Churches in May 2024.
Back in 2015, I was made a Yeoman mason of the Worshipful Company of Masons . After my post detailing my work at at the Founder's hall, I had commented that I would love ...
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Saturday, February 15th, 2025
The Blue Pigeons in Worth was undergoing a renovation project and the owners had fallen in love with my carving, Pins and Needles.
They decided to compliment my sculpture with a pair of pigeons that would sit either side of Pins and Needles.
I used the same limestone from my favourite ...
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