ABOUT ME
I was born in 1954, grew up in Ealing, West London, and graduated from Cambridge University (Selwyn College) in 1975.  In 1978  I began a 27 year career in children's and educational publishing, working with OUP and Lion in a variety of marketing and sales jobs. I started stone carving as a hobby in 2000, and began training to develop this into a new career in 2003. I have worked as a professional stone carver since 2005 from my studio at Claydon House, Bucks until December 2007 and at Park Farm, Kiddington, West Oxfordshire since January 2008.

TRAINING AND WORK EXPERIENCE
Portland Quarry Sculpture Trust - courses in 2000 and 2001
Memorial Arts Charity - courses in letter cutting 2003 and 2004 including tuition from Tom Perkins, Eric Marland, & Ieuan Rees.
City of Bath College - CITB course in Stonemasonry - Intermediate Construction Award 2003 -2005 and Advanced Construction Award 2005-2006
Work Experience with APS Masonry, Oxford 2005-2006
West Dean College, Relief Carving Short Course led by Simon Keeley, 2009

QUEEN ELIZABETH SCHOLARSHIP TRUST AWARD
In 2006 I won a Queen Elizabeth Scholarship. This funded skills development in design and lettercarving with one of the UK's top master craftsmen. Click on the links at the bottom of the page for more information.

INFLUENCES
Ever since a child, I have been interested in looking at things made in stone, and as a teenager I developed an interest in architecture and lettering. Discovering the work of Eric Gill (both as a type designer and a stone carver), has been a major inspiration leading me to explore the work of other twentieth century artists working in stone including Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Jacob Epstein, Barbara Hepworth and David Kindersley.

STONE CRAVING !
Stone is such a wonderful material to work with. No other natural substance has such longevity. To cut into a piece of limestone that predates the arrivals of the dinosaurs and to create something new is a delight and a privilege. Many stones have their own peculiar smell when cut, in particular Portland with its diesel-like aroma, although others are less pleasant, and many yield surprises that can be interesting or frustrating depending upon what you are trying to make!