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 [...]
As you can see, he is almost finished. I have thoroughly enjoyed creating this sculpture of a "man at arms" for Caerphilly Castle. Just a few finishing touches here and there and he will soon be on his way. The sculpture will be one of a number of new artworks to occupy the impressive Welsh [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
