Memorial or Monumental carving skills gained after serving an apprenticeship in the Monumental Masonry trade. A small selection of Trade and Private Commissions are shown below.

Commissioning an individual memorial will require decisions in a way that choosing one from a catalogue will not. But such personal involvement is part of the satisfaction that the whole process can bring.

First Ideas
Some people will start out with a very clear idea of what they want in terms of style and wording; others will be very much feeling their way.

'Column'
[Marble]

Joe Newton - Etchings

'Joseph Newton - Private Commission'
[Portland Stone]
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'Crucifix'
[Marble]

Tracy - Lilies

'Lilies - Private Commission'
[Marble]
Mariah

'Mariah'
[Limestone]
Easter Island Head

'Easter Island Head'
[Portland Stone]
Fish
'Fish'
[Bath Stone & Sandstone]
Sea Lovers

'Sea Lovers'
[Dove Gray Marble]
Lucifer & Woman

'Lucifer & Woman'
[Portland Stone]		 Male Torso

'Male Torso'
[Portland Stone]
Star Catcher

'Star Catcher'
[Portland Stone]		 African Head

'African Head'
[Portland Stone]

Estate
'Estate'
[Statuary Marble]

- 1st Prize : NAMM -
[National Association
of Monumental Masons]
The Kiss

'The Kiss'
[Sandstone]		 Garden Gnomes

'Garden Gnomes'
[Portland Stone]

'Duck'
[Limestone]

'Curlew'
[Limestone]

'With Child 2003'
[African Limestone]

- Merit Prize Winner : Atkinson Gallery - Summer Show 2003 -
Millfield School, Street, Somerset

'Swan'
[Limestone]
Film Sets

Stage 1 : Polystyrene can be cut and shaped via a 'hot wire' technique. We also use wire brushes / nail brushes / saws to carve.

Other techniques are used to create texture or aging effects, such as splashing water onto the polystyrene and burning the surface with a blow torch. Sand paper and knives are used to sharpen edges and fine finish the surface before coating and painting.

Stage 2 : For safe use on film sets the polystyrene is coated with a fire retardant fibres acrylic, this also forms a base colour ready for finishing paint effects.



'African Heads'
40ft high + Various Sizes at Elstree Studios. African Heads for the Millennium Concert - Eddie Grant
'T-Rex Dinosaur'
Life Size - for the After Party of the Premiere Film		 'The Mummy Returns'
Life Size Palm Trees for the Film
Andrew Western Smith - AWS Sculpture