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 | 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 | 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,...
