Tag: Master Mason
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In the lineage of a creative life, there is often a single point of departure that defines the horizon. For me, that moment arrived over twenty years ago with my fourth masterpiece. It was a physical interrogation of Jacques Brel’s 1959 recording of “Ne me quitte pas,” rendered in marble. It represented a seismic shift…
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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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In 1638, Michel Villedo stood as a titan of the Grand Siècle. Born in the village of Pionnat, he was a man of the Ancien Régime, an era where power was centralized and order was paramount. For Villedo, the master mason was a weaver of national prestige. His politics were defined by the stability of…