Time for a new sculpture

I have just begun work on a new project to create a huge human sundial. The giant sandstone clock will consist of a central stone on which a person will stand. On a sunny day their shadow will project in the direction of one of the 20 stones situated in a 15m diameter circle around [...]

By |2019-02-13T17:22:23+00:00September 22nd, 2015|land art, lettering, relief carving, Sculpture|0 Comments

Sculpture mussels in!

"Mytilus Edilus", the mussel sculpture that I carved in 2007 for Conwy Quayside in North Wales continues to make impromptu television cameos. Last week I spotted it on Terry and Masons Great Food Trip as the 2 peckish hosts made their way around the ancient Welsh town. Previously the 3 metre tall Kilkenny Limestone artwork [...]

By |2019-02-13T17:22:23+00:00September 18th, 2015|Sculpture|0 Comments

Stone seats perched at Melbourne Hall

I have just finished making and installing replacement benches for the stunning grounds of Melbourne Hall. The 2 semi circular perching seats sit elegantly either side of the lake in the grounds of the Melbourne Hall Estate in South Derbyshire. Fragments of the old stone seats were reassembled to help to recreate the original design. [...]

By |2019-02-13T17:22:23+00:00July 29th, 2015|stone seating|0 Comments

2 day stone carving workshop in Fulham

Last week I travelled down to London to run a 2 day stone carving workshop in London. The Bridge Academy in Fulham asked me to work with a number of the children, aged 14 to 16, to create a series of works inspired by the schools aims. The kids worked really hard over the course [...]

By |2019-02-13T17:22:23+00:00July 21st, 2015|courses, Schools projects|0 Comments

Stone Roses together one last time !

The 25 relief carved stone roses that I have been working on for the last few weeks are now complete and ready for installation. They are to go into the walls of houses on a new development in Leicestershire on the site of the old Rearsby Roses Garden Centre. The 25 carvings are all different [...]

By |2019-02-13T17:22:23+00:00April 15th, 2015|relief carving, Sculpture|0 Comments

Sculpture installed, and some stone roses!

The installation of the sandstone sculpture for Clay Cross in Derbyshire went smoothly last week. The piece which reflects the changing face of the town sits at the entrance to a new housing complex. It is around 1.8 metres tall and is carved in a 2 tonne boulder of Woodwork Sandstone. I will add final [...]

By |2019-02-13T17:22:23+00:00March 12th, 2015|relief carving, Sculpture|0 Comments

Sculptures are better when the sun shines.

On a visit back to my native north east last weekend, I called into the Baltic to have a peak at the Daniel Buren exhibition. Fortunately the sun was shining which allowed the coloured glass ceiling panels to project stunning coloured reflections onto the floor of the gallery space. The colours are bounced around the [...]

By |2019-02-13T17:22:24+00:00October 10th, 2014|Memorials, Sculpture|0 Comments

Richard III. Dead and buried. (almost)

Leicester Cathedral have announced that the of the remains of Richard III will be reinterred on the 26th of March 2015. You may have read a previous post that I was hopeful of carving the tomb for the former King of England whose remains were dramatically unearthed in a Leicester car park in 2012. Throughout [...]

By |2019-02-13T17:22:24+00:00August 8th, 2014|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Sir Bobby Robson day

To commemorate the extraordinary life of Sir Bobby Robson, the Football Association have declared today as Sir Bobby Robson Day as it is 5 years since his death. The Sir Bobby Robson Foundation is still going strong today and continues to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds for cancer research and treatment. Needless to say, [...]

By |2019-02-13T17:22:25+00:00July 31st, 2014|Memorials, Sculpture|0 Comments
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