‘CIDER BARN PLAQUE’ relief carving
Portland Stone 35cm x 35cm x 8cm.
A hand carved commemorative plaque for a reconstructed barn. My client asked me to incorporate medieval alchemical symbols for the sun & moon into the overall design. This made the work all the more intriguing for me. It is certainly the most intricate and time-consuming piece of stone-carving I have made so far because there are both incised AND relief elements. As the pear tree measures no more than 6 inches (15cm) square, I was carving much of it with nothing more than a toffee hammer and a panel pin!