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As well as the stonemasons carving and my activities on the Saturday and Sunday afternoon, there were other activities hosted by the Maison Dieu and partners, both inside and outside the building.
Cross Channel Geopark, https://geoparktransmanche.org/en/ had a stand where pe...
Back in 2008, I organised and ran my first stonemason’s festival, 18 years later I am celebrating the success of my 8th festival with my co-organiser Martin Crowther of the Maison Dieu in Dover.
4 years ago, I met Martin, the engagement officer of the Historic Maison Dieu (the town hall) in Dover, he took an interest in a carving that I had started at the first even...
This was a lovely job and took me back to another one that I had previously carved, but on a much larger scale.
This one I carved way back in 2011 and it was a piece of Forest of Dean sandstone, 2ft x 12 x 12. there were two complete acorns with cups and a separate cup, that was hard work…I wore out a punch carving that set.
As you may know, I enjoy making things good again. This next commission was one that had to wait for some dry weather as I needed to work outside.
The statue is of Our Lady of St Thomas’ in Deal, she is made of plaster of Paris and painted, it’s had several coats of paint and there are areas of damage that need addressing.
She was missing fingers on on...