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Monday, April 25th, 2016
I have been working on this sculpture memorial now since February and have spent about 250 hrs carving, refining and developing the details.
Obviously the closer I get to the finish the smaller the changes are. I still have the back where her hair and dress meet to carve also both hands still ...
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Wednesday, March 30th, 2016
I have been busy carving this Portland limestone memorial sculpture for Highgate Cemetery. Here are some more photos of the development.
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As I have been carving this I have had a live model to take some dimensions from, she has what I imagine an Art Nouveau frame to be which helps ...
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Sunday, March 20th, 2016
It is always an honour to be given the responsibility of carving a memorial to help remember a loved one.
This commission is giving me the opportunity to use all of my training as a stonemason, artist, sculptor and letter cutter.
I was asked to design a sculpture memorial incorporating an Art Nouveau style woman. Due ...
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Sunday, August 16th, 2015
My largest commissions to date, a 3ft tall by 18 inches square piece of Forest of Dean Sandstone from The Birch Hill Quarry.
The customer gave me a brief and to start off it was a dollop of ice cream!! I was a little concerned that it would look like something ...
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Thursday, July 9th, 2015
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Today I have had the pleasure of working out in the sunshine. I have carved a house name into a newly renovated wall. The lovely paint colour was chosen by my client to complement the colour of the gates, downpipes, door furniture etc.
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Here are a few photos of ...
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