Armed Forces Memorial, National Memorial Arboretum. This is one of the largest memorials in the country. This studio was commissioned by architect Liam O’Connor to set out the lettering scheme for all the names and all the large inscriptions. The memorial names every service personnel killed on duty since the end of the Second World…

The Royal Engineers approached the studio to design this memorial for them. The vast, 10 tonne, granite blocks were given to the Royal Engineers by the people of the Falkland Isles and had to be incorporated into the memorial. Having them appear to float above the ground releases the energy of the stone, turning them…

The studio was asked to design the lettering scheme for the memorial erected to all the British dead of 9/11 in Grosvenor Square. The names were set out using Palatino bold, cut out and finally sand cast into bronze. This gives a rich, sculptural effect which has the gravity and sense of weight that is…

Memorial to the people of London who died in the blitz 1939 — 1945. The memorial, carved from a three ton block of Irish limestone, is placed outside St Paul’s Cathedral. The position of the memorial adjacent to St Paul’s is most appropriate, as most people will remember the dramatic photograph of the Cathedral dome…

A recent War Memorial in central London to all the soldiers from the Commonwealth who fought with Britain in the two World Wars. Architect Liam O’Connor commissioned the studio to set out and carve the lettering on the memorial, which is constructed from Portland stone.

Welsh slate headstone with traditional rounded top. This illustration shows the quality of letter cutting possible on the fine surface of slate. The edge of the headstone has been softened and a border text has been carved around the edge. Slate, although it carves beautifully, has a unique characteristic of being virtually immune from weathering.…