Hello followers! No, that just sounds odd, like I have a messiah complex, subscribers perhaps? That also seems a bit weird, a bit formal and unfriendly. Hello friends (eww, that just sounds cringey). Anyway hello/greetings/wagwan fam and welcome to the latest from the...
We’re back in Norfolk now having installed a stone in Mere Knolls cemetery in Sunderland today. This stone has been a real pleasure to work on. I had a particularly fine quality piece of slate that I had set aside for a special project and when this particular...
A recent trip to install new work, revisit old work and explore two Norfolk churches my addition in North Barningham, flanked by views of Barningham Winter’s semi-derelict church, We installed a hand carved memorial yesterday in the quiet, now disused, 15th...
As a stone carver working in the UK I am lucky to have quite a range of local stones to choose from. That is not to say I will not work with imported materials, but my practice is generally based around using British stones. Different stones have very different...
I was able to finish the gilding yesterday as the cathedral was empty, which was ideal for uninterrupted loose leaf work. Here are the final pictures Gold enamel undercoat Application of tinted gold size with tester patches Gold leaf laid in, ready to sand back After...
The Bishops tablet in progress Setting out the High Stewards inscription Last week I was working in Norwich Cathedral adding names to two stone plaques. The material seemed to be Nabresina Gold, which I have carved before. It’s quite hard, and...
