A tour of my world. I was enjoying a sunny, blue-skied Highland Spring day this week, buzzing around on my motorbike, catching up on some client and supplier visits and various other work-related chores. As I was riding from one meet to another I decided to pop in to...
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...
I was thrilled to be approached by my friends and neighbours at Glenfarclas Distillery recently. They asked me if I would produce a unique presentation case for a very special bottle of whisky. Glenfarclas have very generously been donating to the Distiller's...
I was pleased to be accepted by the wonderful organisers at Kelburn Garden party to contribute a piece of work for their sister event The Neverending Glen. I created a new sycamore seed "helicopter" called "On ya' way" that sits in the tree canopy above the ravine in...
This was another great honour for me. I was approached by the trustees of Fort George to carve some panels for their chapel. Fort George is an 18th Century fort standing on a promontory that juts into the Moray Firth near Inverness. Although built following the...
Many years ago, in a long lost book, I came across a celtic brooch design of what looked (to me) like a seahorse. Although a scots piece it was possibly influenced by earlier Roman jewellery. I haven't been able to find a reference to it since but it was suggested...
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...
The Speyside Way is a long distance trail that runs from the Moray Firth at Buckie up to (nearly) the source of the River Spey. It mostly follows the river along the old railway line (sadly terminated the year I was born by Beeching). Since moving to Speyside in 2009...
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...
Despite some things being a bit slower than usual due to COVID 19, progress is being made on various aspects of the art installation for Newtonmore village. Several large boulders have been man-handled from the middle of fields for the Pictish standing stones. Lots of...
One of my garden residents encounters one of my carvings. This was a Woodlands award of a red squirrel with an oak leaf tail, commissioned by the Crown Estate.