I was down at Staunton Harold in Leicestershire last week and was happy to see that one of the 1st carvings that I ever made is still going strong. I made it when I was at Loughborough Art College in 1994 and it formed part of my degree show. It was then bought [...]
What a busy few days. Last week I travelled to Llandudno in North Wales where I worked in Marl Hall woods carving 11 way markers. I did cheat slightly, managing to carve 5 in the workshop before installing them in the woods. The others were carved into existing limestone rocks (of varying quality) and walls in the [...]
On friday I travelled up to Newcastle upon Tyne with the circular Portland Limestone sculpture for the Church of the Holy Nativity in Westerhope. Following the monsoon that drenched us upon our arrival, the piece was hoisted into place and now forms the focal point of the newly relandscaped garden.
As you can see I have been very busy lately completing these 2 sculptures. The foreground sculpture is for the Church of the Holy Nativity in Newcastle and will be installed in the next week or so. It is carved from Portland Limestone and represents peace through the carving of the olive branches, if you [...]
I popped up to Mountsorrel the other day to see how Albert was getting on. Turns out he is doing just fine. Albert was the Victorian quarry worker who inspired this granite sculpture who is sited at the old quarry site in Mountsorrel in Leicestershire. In the foreground, the tiny granite chippings of the same [...]
Last week the sculpture that I have been working on with Cornish Artist Peter Fluck was unveiled in a private garden in Leicestershire. Peter constructed the mesmeric mobile which was attached to the triangular Kilkenny Limestone base that I carved. The base contains an inscription, a short poem, which spairals around the stone. Peter and [...]
As I come to the end of one project, so another begins. In the coming months I will be installing a new artwork for Regents Court Embankment in Lutterworth, Leicestershire. Over the last few weeks, I have been developing designs for the steep enbankment which can been seen from a considerable distance as you approach [...]
Every now and again I come across a picture of a sculpture that I have not seen for a long time. The sculptures below are on the banks of the canal in Harlow in Essex, and look better today, now that they have weathered a little, than when I installed them over 5 years ago. If [...]
The sculpture that I created for a site in Hollingwood near Chesterfield was unveiled last week. The piece reflects the changing nature of the village from its former industrial, coal mining past to a village which now proudly boasts a beautiful, regenerated stretch of the Chesterfield canal. The piece was unveiled by the mayor of Chesterfield [...]
I am pleased to announce that I have arranged dates for 2 stone carving courses. They will be on the 21st and 22nd of April and the 17th and 18th of June. These are run from my workshop at Hall Farm near Ashby de la Zouch in Leicestershire. The course costs £170 for the weekend [...]
