Archive for the ‘Commissions’ Category
Wednesday, October 30th, 2019
During my Degree which I graduated from 20yrs ago I studied portraiture in both 2D and 3D. We would sculpt in clay taking precise measurements from people sitting for us. As I became more competent, it would take me roughly 24hrs over a period of several weeks to create a ...
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Friday, September 20th, 2019
After a successful trip to the quarry, I have chosen this piece.
As you can see from the first photo there were plenty of pieces to choose from but they needed to fit the right criteria.
8ft x 4ft to start off with, no visible flaws, interesting colours and of course good ...
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Thursday, September 19th, 2019
Hi everyone, just a quick update.
I've been working on my commissions as well as getting on with some new pieces for sale in my shop, (please note that if you would like something special carved in time for Christmas you need to get orders in asap), and at
St Mary De ...
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Monday, August 19th, 2019
This side of the War memorial will commemorate the 1st World War.
This is a photo of my drawing, it is 3rd life-size scale, drawn on an A1 sheet but I couldn't get it scanned to reproduce.
The Soldier in this image is a drawing that I made using several different images ...
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Monday, August 12th, 2019
Last October I was asked to design a new War Memorial for Mitcheldean and Abenhall in the Forest of Dean. In june I was finally able to submit my drawings for a double sided stone carving.
I will be using Forest of Dean sandstone, One side commemorating the first World War ...
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