by SM | May 31, 2025 | Garden, Lettering., Outdoors., Pictish, Portfolio., Recent projects., Stone., Wildlife.
I was given the chance to install a sculpture on yet another of our Hebridean Isles. This time in the stunning setting of Bute’s south west coast. This is a monolith standing stone carved with poetry, a curlew, ogham script and a depiction of the islands on the...
by SM | May 31, 2025 | Lettering., News., Outdoors., Portfolio., Public Space, Recent projects., Wood.
The Knockando Woolmill approached me to fix and refurbish the big knot sculpture that I produced for them in 2014. The piece, crafted from a single elm log, was in a bit of a sorry state. It had been neglected and suffered from rot and big chunks had disappeared. The...
by SM | May 31, 2025 | Furniture, Garden, Gifts, Lettering., Outdoors., Portfolio., Recent projects., Wood., Work
Hand-carved inscription on a bench back provided by the...
by SM | May 31, 2025 | Lettering., Memorial., Outdoors., Portfolio., Public Space, Recent projects., Stone., Work
This was a lovely wee monolith type standing stone memorial I did recently for a lovely family from Grantown-on-Spey. Lettering and animal hide motif....
by SM | May 31, 2025 | Lettering., News., Outdoors., Portfolio., Public Space, Recent projects., Wildlife., Wood., Work
This turned out to be a much bigger undertaking than I had initially anticipated! Sometimes the artist in me conceives something that I consider would be nice but then the (self-taught) craftsperson in me has to figure out how to produce it! I was commissioned to...
