Two Welsh Slate cubes, one in gilded Roman Capitals, and one with flowing italic letters, painted off-white and gold dots. Two very special gifts.

The Advent Exhibition at the Babylon Gallery in Ely has been extended due to popular demand. The exhibition will be open 10am – 4pm next Tuesday 9th until Sunday 14th December.

Work from 21 artists based in Ely and the surrounding villages. Prints, ceramics, painting and much more. Come and find the perfect Christmas Gift

I will exhibiting work alongside 20 other local artists at the Babylon Gallery, on the riverside in Ely between Tuesday 2nd and Sunday 7th December. Please come along.

http://www.adec.org.uk/babylon-gallery

I will be demonstrating letter cutting in stone as part of Burwell Museums Heritage Open day this coming Sunday 14th September, between 11am and 5pm. I will also be doing a short 10 minute talk at 1.30pm about the history of British stone lettering. Admission is free.

http://www.burwellmuseum.org.uk/

I will be opening my workshop as part of Cambridge Open Studios all 4 weekends in July, between 11am – 6pm. Please come and visit, there will be work for sale and cake for free!

http://www.camopenstudios.co.uk/

I will be demonstrating letter carving in wood at the Cambridge Open Studios stall at Ely Flower, Food and Craft Market tomorrow 11am – 12 Midday. Please come along and meet artists from the East Cambs area.

http://www.visitely.org.uk/attractions/ely-flower-food-craft-market

http://www.camopenstudios.co.uk/

The last line of Gerard Manley Hopkins poem ‘Inversnaid’ cut into a small piece of riven green slate

A Sycamore breadboard turned by Rodger Foden http://www.rodgerfoden.com. The words are Psalm 104.15 (King James Version)

A couple of little gifts, a slate pebble birthday present and 3 wooden blocks to celebrate a birth

Apple wood fruit bowl with a quote from ‘The Prophet’ by Kahlil Gibran