by SM | Jan 20, 2023 | Garden, Lettering., Outdoors., Portfolio., Public Space, Recent projects., Stone., Work
Corshellach house name carved in a large pink granite boulder in the front...
by SM | Jan 20, 2023 | Lettering., News., Outdoors., Portfolio., Public Space, Recent projects., Slate., Wood.
This was quite an involved commission. A large slab of slate, carved on two sides with an image of the property, painted in white acrylic with hand-carved lettering, mounted on railway sleepers with added Vacancies plaque. Carnach House is a grand old hotel near Nairn...
by SM | Jan 20, 2023 | Celtic., Gaelic, Garden, Lettering., Outdoors., Pictish, Portfolio., Recent projects., Slate., Stone., Wildlife., Work
A couple commissioned me to produce this garden piece to commemorate their upcoming wedding. Caithness stone slab featuring salmon, mountain outline, great northern divers, birch trees, North star and celtic triskele. Also featuring a line from the poem, Hallaig, by...
by SM | Jan 20, 2023 | Garden, Gifts, Lettering., Outdoors., Recent projects., Slate., Wildlife.
This carving in Caithness slate was commissioned for the garden of a cottage after its renovation following the River Dee flood of 2016. Two leaping salmon and the Latin inscription – A mare, ad...
by SM | Jan 20, 2023 | Garden, Lettering., Memorial., News., Recent projects., Slate., Wildlife., Work
I wrote this poem on returning to Scotland and carved it on slate. It was purchased by a lady who wanted it for her own headstone. Among the deer, the grouse, the hare The hills, the glens, the lochs, the air Wherever I be, I’ll aye be...