Archive for the ‘Carrie’s News’ Category

My acorn commission.

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

As promised some photos! I was given an amazing commission back in July to carve a pair of acorns and an acorn cup. I used the grey/green Forest of Dean sandstone, which is incredibly hard to carve but is very durable and will resist the frost. They were 2ft x 12 x ...

Christmas at Taurus Crafts.

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011

I am incredibly excited about my first Christmas at Taurus Crafts. I have lots of  interesting new gifts that I have been busy making in between completing my commissions. I have some Welsh slate coasters, pretty Chinese slate hearts-I can carve initials on these from £5 , candle sticks and obviously my ...

Christmas Presents.

Saturday, October 22nd, 2011

I look forward to receiving your orders, but please be sure to get them to me as soon as possible in order to avoid disappointment. I have some more slate tumbling at the moment for some new pendants and will be making some more candlesticks. If you have any ideas for things ...

Commissions

Sunday, October 9th, 2011

I decided to move into the workshop next to the one I was in. This will make me more visible at Taurus Crafts! However it has meant that I have had to put all my commissions on hold for a few days! Once I have got resettled I will be able to ...

Carving a Green Man

Monday, September 26th, 2011

Well Here is a short post on carving a simple Green man. I have used my favourite stone, Tetbury limestone from Veizeys Quarry. I cut it into an octagon and then drew on the design! [nggallery id=110] As you can see from the photos, I have gone all around the outside of the leaves ...