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'Tribute' - raised letter carving in Portland Limestone
Letter carving comes in many forms and I can turn my hand to any style and form. I have been commisioned to carve many types of lettering, a few of which are on display here. The above raised lettering panel was carved as a 'Tribute'- to Charles Renee Mackintosh. The unusually shaped slate carving 'Forgotten letter', was inspired bythe found fragment of wild welsh slate; the natural exposed layering suggesting remenants of pages of a old letter. I thought it would be great to use a fragment of a letter from Napoleon to Josephine. This piece proved very popular and sold at exhibition.
Lettering is a form of art and can a great inspiration when applied to stone, for whatever purpose. A wall hung art piece, a garden feature piece, a comemorative plaque and of course, freestanding sculpural artworks.
When an original letter carving has been sold, rubbings of all the originals are usually taken, so extra editions can be made. Recently commissioned to second editions are 'Still Waters', Trajan alphabet' and 'Tribute'.
Also I will soon be running regular letter carving courses, if interested please contact me.
'Forgotten letter' - v-cut lettering in wild
Welsh slate/gold with a Portland limestone base
'Darkly Deeply Beautifully Blue'- limited
editions available in bronze or resin
'Darkly Deeply' - raised lettering in Cumbrian slate |
Majorca client commission, v-cut lettering on Cumbrian slate |
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