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 [...]
It has been back to business as usual the last couple of weeks and last weekend saw 6 people try their hand at stone carving on a course at my workshop. A couple of them arrived on saturday morning with some hugely ambitious ideas about what they wanted to carve, always a worry ! But [...]
Stone 4 has a carving of England's 3 lions, carved over these is a short biography of Sir Bobby's England career. Stone 5 has an image of St. James's Park with rays of sun straeming through. Carved into the sun rays is a description of the Foundation and it's [...]
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 [...]
The sculpture that I have been working on over the last few months has finally been unveiled close to St. James's Park in Newcastle. The sculpture depicts various phases of the the career of footballing great Sir Bobby Robson. It was unveiled on Sunday prior to Newcastle United's final game of the season by [...]
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 [...]
