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.

Lettercarving courses
www.cottesbrooke.co.uk