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 | 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...
