Foundation stone in Longtown Red with naturally deckled edge. The inscription was designed to fit to the natural shape of the stone.

Nebrasina limestone from Italy. While most of the work in the studio is carved onto native stones, the studio has also used foreign stones for various purposes. Nebrasina is an Italian limestone with very similar properties to Hoptonwood. Here it has been carved and painted in bright colours which gives it a wonderful density of…

Portland stone painted and gilded. This foundation stone readily demonstrates the expressive potential of fine hand carved lettering. The calligraphic letterforms are admirably suited to their use for an Arts Centre. No mass-produced font would be capable of being moulded to such an individual use.

Purbeck boulder, cut in half with tooled border. This time capsule is for Air Traffic Control in Swanage. The rock appears as if it has been cleaved open to reveal the capsule, or indeed is about to shut on it forever. Like the contents, it is frozen in time, a moment caught and tamed into…

Welsh Slate painted and gilded. A good demonstration that a foundation stone does not need to be the usual, simple rectangle.

Portland stone with naturally broken edges. An unusual foundation stone which demonstrates that they do not need to be the usual machine made rectangle. Note the lettering which follows the outline of the stone, providing a foil for the main, central inscription and which lends structure to something which could easily have been formless.

Carved Yorkstone panel set into the stonework of an old School House converted into an Arts Centre. The work has the dual message of being a building title while at the same time expressing through design and execution the activity within the building. The panel has a carved moulding to the edge. The lettering is…

Yorkstone with decorative carved framework. This foundation stone is for the conference centre at Sheepdrove Organic Farm in Wiltshire.