The Stone Carving Workshop

03/11/2023

Pete Graham 1966-2019. A book celebrating Pete's life and work is available via his website until 30th November. Written by Pete's widow Celia and designed by his student David Hillman. https://www.petegrahamcarving.co.uk/shop

16/03/2019

stuff going on at the studio, the first two pics are previews of a piece I'm working on, quite a complex headstone in Kirby Cumbrian slate. The head was carved by Stephen from his own design, and lettering by David, both on the last weekend course

03/10/2018

This is Trewint Cavalier IV, TC to his friends. A South Devonshire sire who lives in Trenewan in Cornwall. This relief is carved from Cumbrian slate and shows how (I think) relief is so much better than a picture - it changes as you move around it.

21/09/2018

These are photos from the September carving workshop at RHS Rosemoor. A really welcoming and inspiring place. This took place over two days and it was great to see such accomplished carvings emerge from complete beginners.

22/06/2018

'Night Sky, Clouds across the Moon'

There is nothing like an exhibition deadline to focus the mind and get those pieces finished. This is one of a number of new pieces for an exhibition at whitewatergallery.co.uk in Polzeath in July and August. This will feature paintings by Suki Wapshott, porcelain by Hugh West and a selection of my recent sculpture.  Expect abstracts, animals, bees and flowers, all created from and celebrating the rich geology of the British Isles

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metamorphic limestone with quartz vein

17/04/2018

Spring carving fun featuring the Willendorf lasses, some posh lettering from Dave and Graham and a lovely carved Japanese sign for a garden tea house

30/10/2017

Such a good range of cracking work from this month's students

31/08/2017

more lepidoptera, this time a painted lady carved from Weardale limestone and gilded.

03/06/2017

A nice bit of evening sunshine to warm the latest carving. This is an attempt to capture the wonderful shape and colouration of the small tortoiseshell

10/05/2017

A celebration of the coming summer in black weardale limestone and a touch of gold leaf

04/05/2017

This is the latest commission, for a garden in Surrey. The brief was for something to reflect the cycle of life and to symbolise a precious memory, a challenging brief, I think. This is the response in Portland limestone, bit of an Eastern thing going on here. Also, I've just been reading Carlo Ravelli's book on physics and have been musing on how to imagine the shape of a 3-sphere. All good fun.