by SM | Sep 23, 2025 | Blog, Lettering., Memorial., News., Portfolio., Press., Recent projects., Stone., Work
The memorial stone that I was commissioned to produce for the fallen of the regiment of the Gordon Highlanders, was paid a royal visit recently. The memorial, carved from a tall piece of local field stone, is now on display at the National Memorial Arboretum in...
by SM | Mar 3, 2022 | Lettering., News., Portfolio., Public Space, Recent projects., Stone., Uncategorized
Unveiling at the NMA I was honoured and privileged to be invited as a VIP guest of the regiment, to the unveiling of my standing stone memorial for the Gordon Highlanders at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. Some very moving speeches were made by...
by SM | Feb 5, 2021 | Blog, Furniture, Gaelic, Lettering., Outdoors., Pictish, Public Space, Recent projects., Stone., Wildlife., Wood., Work
Village art installation finished After nearly two years of design and planning and the best part of a year in carving and construction, I was finally able to finish the art installation for Newtonmore village the day before deadline! The story I was contacted...
by SM | Apr 15, 2020 | Furniture, Garden, Gifts, Lettering., Lifestyle, Outdoors., Portfolio., Public Space, Recent projects., Wood., Work, Work
I needed a new bench for the front of the house so I thought I’d make my first attempt at charring. I also developed a way of joining the oak beams by cutting steel C channel into square timber dogs. 200x200mm charred oak beam bench with hand-cut lettering. 1.5m...
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 | Oct 14, 2013 | Blog, Furniture, Garden, Lettering., News., Outdoors., Public Space, Recent projects., Wood., Work
I was lucky enough to have a pair of my carvings appear on BBC TV’s longstanding gardening series, Beechgrove Garden, recently. The large knot sculpture and the sycamore seed that are currently at the Knockando woolmill (as well as myself) were all given...
