architectural & urban lettering
poetry in the garden
house signs
lettering in the landscape
commemoration
relief carving
celebration
etched bronze panels
I run a lettercarving studio in Cumbria. Here I carve commissions for inscriptions including memorials, garden features and house signs, as well as carrying out public art projects and making pieces for exhibition. Besides lettering, I also draw illustrations for low-relief carving, linocutting and photo-etching in metal. I also draw and paint lettering for print, and for interiors, such as floors and walls. Recent large-scale commissions include the Poetry Path at Kirkby Stephen; wildlife bronze panels for Eden Valley walking-routes; lettering for enamelled tiles on Carlisle's Flood Walls; and poetry-carving on seating in Sheffield.

I run short courses, and have an assistant, Wayne Hart, who has just finished his apprenticeship here with support from the Memorial Arts Charity Apprenticeship Scheme.

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events, exhibitions, shows

Lettercarving courses
This year's course details are now listed on the courses page.

And this summer I shall be demonstrating at Cottesbrooke Gardeners Fair - 'one of the most exciting garden events of the year' - from Friday 22nd-Sunday 24th June 2012
www.cottesbrooke.co.uk