Tag: Heritage Craft
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In the early 1990s, my career as a carver was defined by a transition between two of the most prestigious estates in England. I had just completed a significant period of work at Woburn Abbey, serving the Duke of Bedford. Woburn was a masterclass in scale; the seat of the Russell family demanded a masonry…
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To run one’s hand over a weathered plinth is to converse with the past. As a member of the guild, I often find my thoughts returning to our brothers in 18th-century Paris. These men, particularly the migrant masons from the Creuse, were the silent architects of a new era. When they stood before the Bastille,…
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When one walks through the hushed corridors of the Ashmolean Museum, the eye is naturally drawn to the masterpieces on canvas. Yet, for a carver, the true revelation often lies at the periphery. There is a particular frame within those walls—carved by the incomparable Grinling Gibbons—that serves as a silent testament to a level of…