Post 2017 (website build)
Gertie....(working title for full size ships figurehead).
Gertie was started before 2017, when I was asked by a guy who had turned a boat into a home, if I could carve a figure head to go on the prow. He supplied a trailer load of demolition Totara for the task, but it was very dry and brittle, which extended the time I needed to complete her.I laminated the timber sections together, but there were many non carving periods when I went away muttering and wondering why I had taken on such a huge task. All carved by hand.....(aaaargh...)
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5 Pieces of much loved Pohutukawa that had to be felled in School Grounds, to make room for new classroom. The school children came up with a 'wish list' as did their teachers, and pretty well most of those wishes were incorporated.
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Post 2007 when I arrived in New Zealand
2003- to 2007 When I was carving full time. |
Hawton Holt Community Orchard and Conservation area, Seating, Posts & Signage
All photos show items prior to siting. All items to be sturdy and vandal proof!
Signage using old Lock Gate Paddle - Oak in which the Tanin has reacted with the steel bars within.
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Waymarkers in Oak from A46
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Seating, rear view .
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Seating, front view. Made from Oak rescued when A46 dualled.
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Grandy's Seat - in memory of much loved grandfather. Many items hidden within that refer to him. Oak that had nails in (rescued from A46) hence blue black tanin stains.
One of many house signs
I love celtic type lettering....
A piece for my Sons School, Barnby Rd, 'This is your story, not their story' (C.S.Lewis)
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A replica of a Green Man from a French Chateau
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3 Wise Men for Southwell Minster. 1.4m tall. laminated Lime
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Sensory Map for Whisby Nature Reserve. Oak from A46, Copper nails.
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1993 to 2003 Initial apprenticeship
Buddha, both hands have gaps between fingers to hold flowers
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For Dorrington Notice Board in style of Romanesque church panel, and Dorrington Demons Sculpture
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British Waterways Logo for Newark HQ using old lock gate paddle.
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Leaving gift for gardening much loved teacher
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