About Me

I did my stone carving training at Weymouth and Portland College after having done a degree in sculpture in Sheffield. I studied life drawing under artist John Meadows.

For the first part of my apprentiship I worked as an architectural stonemason and carver at Mather & Ellis stonemasons of Manchester. For the second part of my apprenticeship I joined the heritage restoration company Treasure & sons working closely with English Heritage on listed buildings and monuments including Compton Verney, Hill Court, Berrington Hall, Richards Castle Church & Hampton Court ( Herefordshire ).

In 1999 I began a three year period working with Hollywood film company Warner Brothers as a sculptor developing new projects with director Tim Burton. This culminated in seven of my sculptures being seen on screen in the film ‘Corpse Bride’.

Having worked as a freelance carver for 10 years I started my own company specialising in figurative work. I am one of the only portrait artists working in stone in the UK today. I specialise in Italian marble and indigenous British stone but also work in Bronze. I have studied sculpture and stone carving as part of a formal apprenticeship and am involved in new sculptural commissions as well as restoration projects.

In 2008 I began working with semi precious marbles, onyx and rare materials like rock crystal and now do lapidary restoration for some of the major auction houses in the UK.

I have lectured andrun workshops in sculpture at various Universities, schools and colleges throughout the country.

I have experience in sculpting solely from photographs if the subject is not available for a sitting. I also offer a copy carving service. I can accurately duplicate existing sculptures. Where historical figures are concerned I work with all available two dimensional references to do justice to the subject. I am available to discuss any ideas or requirements by telephone at any time.