Quarry

The Anguilla quarry where the stone came from for our sculpture. It is a remarkable place with deep red soil in the huge voids in the stone

Stone found!

Don, Almuth and Walterleaning on my block

Natalie's cake

I have to go to Anguilla now, Natalie made this amazing 'Bon Voyage' chocolate cake and the rest of my lovely carving students helped me eat it during my last class with them this term. It did not last long! Thankyou Natalie it was superb. Fuelled with excellent cake and good wishes, I shall be flying tomorrow.

Countdown to the Caribbean

Just a few more days and I shall be at the first Anguilla stone carving symposium, so to get prepared for the warmth, I have been wearing a lot of leather as part of the bronze casting team at Morley College again. It was another highly successful pour.

Fundrazr is still accepting contributions for the symposium where I shall be needing protective sun screen 

Anguilla stone

My Anguillan stone, thanks to Mr Cleophas Gumbs of Anguilla Native Stone for supplying a 1metre square block of something similar to travertine. Not long now

skin and studios

Yesterday was tough! My recently spruced up studio, above, is virtually unrecognisable from the more usual 'creative melee' that I inhabit; which might also be called by some, a chronic disarray. All new painted and clean for the Brancaster Chronicles back in August and with most of my stuff behind a wall, I am sharing the clear space. This is not easy for me, I much prefer splendid isolation. However I shall be away at the first Anguilla Stone Symposium for November (contributions very welcome on Fundrazr) and off again in the New year to Italy for the three month Brian Mercer Bronze Fellowship. Rather than leave the studio empty, it will now also have Inderjeet working with concrete and artificial skin........

The London Group Open

I am delighted to have been selected for the 82nd London Group Open, 
I am VERY select company

 It will be lovely if you can be there.