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 [...]
The Naval Service Memorial was dedicated yesterday by Prince Michael of Kent in front of around 2500 people at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. It was a fantastic occasion that was marked by a fly past, a band, over 100 standards and 1500 veterans. It is the culmination of over a year of hard [...]
I am still beavering away on the sandstone sculpture for Chesterfield, hopefully I will install this in a couple of weeks time. In the meantime, I thought I would post a picture of "Somebody's last supper", one of the first sculptures I made. This was part of my degree show at Loughborough in 1995. It [...]
I popped into Harbottle Park in Byker when I was in the North East recently and managed to get a few shots of the finished sculpture. The sculpture is raised on a bank in a childrens playground, between the stones in the distance is St. James's Park, Newcastle Uniteds football ground while there are football pitches [...]
Here are some more images of the sculpture. Sir Bobby's 1st job was an electrician in Langley Park Colliery in County Durham, this is reflected in the 1st stone. Stone 2 has images of the FA Cup, Uefa Cup and Cup Winners Cup with all of the clubs Sir [...]
Last weekend I hosted my final stone carving weekend of this year. Those who took part worked extremely hard for 2 days to create the flower, the otter, the "paisley" shape, the torso and the Picasso sculpture (not in the picture). Everyone chose to carve Portland Limestone, excellent for beginners, quite soft [...]
I was out and about a couple of weeks back and passed close by to one of my old sculptures and decided to pop and see it. I am always a little aprehensive when I go and visit old work, I guess I am always a tad worried that someone has taken a [...]
I am pleased say that I will be attending the "Sock" show in Loughborough at the end of March. I have not been to a show like this for years so am looking forward to getting out of the workshop for a couple of days and meeting some real people! I will be there with my [...]
