I run a lettercarving studio in Cumbria, carving commissions in slates, limestones and sandstones for many different kinds of inscription including memorials, house & garden features and signage, as well as carrying out urban and landscape art projects, and making pieces for exhibition. I also draw illustrations for low-relief carving, linocutting and photo-etching in metal. I particularly enjoy collaborating with poets and writers, and the chance this offers to explore the expressive nature of lettering. Recent environment-interpretation projects include the Poetry Path at Kirkby Stephen, with poet Meg Peacocke; Discover Eden, a series of walking routes way-marked with illustrative bronze panels in the Eden Valley; Art on the Wall – a set of enamelled poetry panels for the flood defences in Carlisle in collaboration with Jacob Polley and local community groups.

From November 2009, I have been training a Typography graduate, Wayne Hart, with the support of a two-year Apprenticeship Scheme run by the Memorial Arts Charity.

Lettercarving courses