by SM | Sep 19, 2019 | Work
I have been approached by the Gordon Highlanders to produce a hand-carved stone memorial to be installed at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. This is a great honour for me. My father served with the battalion for 22 years. Two of my father’s...
by SM | Aug 19, 2019 | Lettering., Stone., Work
I have been approached to produce a hand-carved replica of a famous Pictish symbol stone. The Invereen Stone was found in a field near Tomatin, south of Inverness, during ploughing in the 1930s. It now sits in the National Museum for Scotland in Edinburgh. My replica...
by SM | Jun 27, 2019 | News., Outdoors., Portfolio., Press., Public Space, Recent projects., Stone., Work, Work
The Speyside Way is a long-distance walking (or cycling) route which happens to run very close to my home. It currently runs from Spey Bay on the Moray Firth coast to Aviemore in the Cairngorms, approximately 65 miles away. Plans are underway for the Speyside Way to...
by SM | Apr 13, 2019 | Work
After my design and proposal was chosen by the people of Newtonmore, I have been updating the design and layout. The caman benches now cross over and the landscaping is being finalised. All being well, we are hoping for installation at the end of...
by SM | Feb 21, 2019 | Blog, Work
The people of Newtonmore in Badenoch & Strathspey have chosen my proposal for an art installation in the village square. My design proposal for an art installation for the village of Newtonmore has been chosen after being short-listed down to four applicants. The...
by SM | May 15, 2018 | Furniture, Garden, Gifts, Lifestyle, Lifestyle, Outdoors., Portfolio., Public Space, Recent projects., Wood., Work, Work
This is a railway-themed bench I made for my dad’s birthday. It sits on the Speyside Way long-distance route, next to what used to be the sidings for Cragganmore Distillery. Railway sleepers, railway track, sidings stones and railway sign. Cragganmore,...
