by David | Sep 23, 2013 | Other musings
With the imminent arrival of 5 stone blocks I can now contemplate the exciting prospect of undertaking my next project. Designed to form an entrance way feature into Orchard Bank Housing Development in the Panmuirfield area of Dundee, the scheme offers me the chance...
by David | Sep 15, 2013 | Other musings
As my work on the Forfar Botanists Garden draws to an end my focus shifts towards the next project. Commissioned by the Elsick Development Company to commemorate the Founding of Chapelton New Town, (ten miles South of Aberdeen), this Cairn Seat will sit within what...
by David | Sep 10, 2013 | Other musings
It seemed a distant prospect when I signed up for it but the months have whizzed past and here I am right in the middle of my first ever Perthshire Open Studio Event. Project commitments have meant that I am not as prepared as I had wanted to be. There have been a few...
by David | Jun 17, 2013 | Other musings
Having spent the last two weeks creating the carved elements for the South Wall for the Forfar Botanists Garden, this week has been taken up with installing them into their final positions. Correctly spacing them meant that I have had to be very careful in watching my...
by David | May 28, 2013 | Other musings
Week Beginning May 27th 2013 – My fourth week on site at Forfar Botanists Garden sees me begin work on the features that will be built into the south wall. With 5 name plaques to carve and two sculptures to form I have my work ‘cut’ out for me this...
by David | May 19, 2013 | Other musings
My simple but very effective toolkit for walling...
