Archive for the ‘Commissions’ Category

Compass Rose part 3.

Monday, April 7th, 2025

Once I hade finished carving the stone, I put them all in position on the floor so that I could put all the compass points and coat of arms in their positions. The minor points could be dowelled and glued in, but the other four and the coat of arms would ...

House sign commissions

Wednesday, February 10th, 2021

Since the beginning of the latest lockdown, like many people I have struggled to develop my work flow in my new surroundings. I have finally got used to working in my living room with my paints, gold leaf and drawing equipment and then carving in my shed. I have finished the ...

Drawing and designing.

Monday, January 18th, 2021

During this time of quiet, I am finding that my mind has started to free up from the busy world of running my own business and being on the go all the time. My ideas come from my imagination but are drawn out of my interest in Medieval history, with a ...

Working from home.

Monday, January 11th, 2021

During the last Summer I was able to work in my garden thanks to the lovely warm and dry weather that we had. My boyfriend and I spent a day clearing a very rundown shed in the garden so if the weather turned so I still had a place to work. ...

Hare carving

Thursday, June 11th, 2020

I've been dying to show you this carving, it was a commission for a birthday present so naturally I had to wait until it had been received. Thankfully the birthday girl loved my carving.. [nggallery id=444] I have carved him out of a piece of French limestone.