I'm pleased to announce that, along with two other artists, my design proposal has been shortlisted for an art installation in a prominent place in Keith, Moray. The brief was to produce something that speaks of the heritage, present day use and hopes for future use...
The Highland Council commissioned me to carve a dolphin sculpture (and a bee) for this stunning location and tourist attraction at Chanonry Point on The Black Isle. It is estimated that 120,000 people from far and near visit Chanonry Point on the Black Isle. This spit...
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...
This is the very first entry in the Blog of me, Stuart Murdoch. Thank you for being here. A bit about myself I am a man, accidentally and miraculously approaching a half century on this planet. I was born in Aberdeen in Scotland and, after several years away, am now...
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 airtime. The...
I'm opening my workshop and home for this year's North East Open Studios. There will be a few of my pieces on display – outdoors and in my new gallery for indoor pieces. Come along, meet me and see me working and claim a free cuppa and some home baking....
***UPDATE – ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS*** Competition now closed! Thanks to all the WH members who entered. The quiz must have been quite hard as, out of more than 20,000 members, there were only 25 correct answers! The sign was for a property on the A82 just north west...
Anyone who has ever visited me can't have helped but notice the poor state of the floor in the long lobby at the front of the cottage. I've spent the three years since I moved here updating the rest of the house, adding my workshop, landscaping the driveway etc but...
I've been informed by Native Woodlands that I've been chosen as their exclusive "in-house" carver. Native Woodlands own and manage several sites around the UK specially set aside for green funerals. They prefer not to use the term headstones but I have worked on a...
Here's a recent article and interview with letter-cutter Fergus Wessel about the use of type in letter-cutting. Lovely work. Click for article