Half a lifetime carving letters in stone. In December 1995 I set up a small workshop in a craft centre in Leicestershire having left art college earlier that year. My intention was to sell small sculptures from this workshop to the general public. Very quickly it became apparent that this was going be extremely difficult. [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
