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Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020
Reid Lifting are generously lending me the equipment to stand the stone up for the war memorial carving.
They came along yesterday to erect the 5 tonne capable gantry crane, here are a few photos.
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The stone is going to be stood up on Friday evening and I will be starting ...
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Saturday, July 18th, 2020
Great news, the equipment I need for lifting the stone is being put up on Tuesday. The stone will be lifted upright at the end of the week. This means that I will be making a start on drawing the design out next weekend.
Reid Lifting are based in Chepstow, they have ...
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Thursday, May 28th, 2020
Here are the latest photos, I still have some refining to do but the clay needs to dry a bit so that I can carve it.
The first photo is before I added the moustache and hat. It is important to model the face as a whole before adding facial hair ...
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Wednesday, May 27th, 2020
I am currently working on some scale clay models. When I am finally able to make a start on the War Memorial I will have them to work from for the faces of my two soldiers.
I have made wire and packing material armatures, (the second one is visible behind the ...
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Wednesday, May 6th, 2020
I have just had my clay delivery from Industrial Plasters so once my new trestle table and chicken wire arrives from Cass Art I will be making clay models of George Hyatt and Harold Edwards. These two gentlemen are the faces of the reliefs that I am carving on the ...
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