In July of this year, Liz and I travelled to Cornwall. My brief? To make an owl sculpture in St Mawes, a gorgeous village on the Roseland peninsula… BRAGANZA B&B… So how did an artist in Wales end up carving in Cornwall?When I blog about a sculpture, I always ask my clients how they heard … Read more
2025 got off to a busy start, both in the studio and out and about with some on-site projects. One of those projects was in Gloucestershire where Paul and I created a unique pine marten sculpture in the Forest of Dean… ABOUT THE FOREST OF DEAN The Forest of Dean is approximately 42 square miles … Read more
HAPPY NEW YEAR! And welcome to my first blog of 2025!I like to end each year (or start the next one!) with a review of the sculptures I’ve made, and pick a favourite from each month. 2024 was a busy year in the workshop with some brilliant commissions so it hasn’t been an easy task. … Read more
Back in September I had the pleasure of travelling down to Chalfont St Peter for a commission. I stayed with my clients Gillian and Kevan at their stunning property while I worked on the commission. As well as being a fun commission, the place is incredible so I knew this one needed a blog! I … Read more
I think it’s fair to say that my best known sculptures are pretty big! Dragon of Bethesda, Giant Hand of Vyrnwy, Powis Castle Wyverns – they’re all BIG! However, did you know that not all my pieces are so large? I recently had a commission for some unique centrepiece sculptures for a charity dinner at … Read more
As an artist it’s a great compliment when a client returns for another sculpture. That’s exactly what happened with the piece featured in today’s blog: A charming pheasant sculpture in oak, created for a local estate… THE CLIENT One of the perks of my job is that I get to meet all kinds of interesting … Read more
If you follow me on any of my social media channels, you might have caught my recent polar bear commission. It was my first polar bear sculpture, so as you can imagine, there were a lot of lessons learned. Especially as it was JUST. SO. BIG! That said, even though it felt huge, it was … Read more
With an estimated 300 million people tuning in today to watch the coronation of King Charles III, there was only one choice for today’s blog! This week I’m going to look back at some of my sculptures with a royal theme… KING CHARLES II The first of my sculptures with a royal theme is one … Read more
This blog is a little different as I’m not going to be focusing on sculptures I’ve made! Rather, this week I’m sharing the brilliant new invertebrate sculptures at Marford Quarry created by my employee, Paul Edwards… Introducing Paul! Before I go any further though, let me introduce Paul properly! Paul and I met by chance … Read more
The Easter holidays are approaching, and for some of you that hopefully gives opportunity to spend some time relaxing. Maybe you’ll be going on holiday. Perhaps it’ll be more of a ‘staycation’ finding things to do around your home. For anyone who is going to be in this neck of the woods this Easter holiday … Read more