Stone Sculpture Exhibition
Burford Garden Company
May 21st-29th
Peter Gargas and I will be based in the Sculpture Garden at Burford Garden Company OX18 4PA working on our individual stone sculptures.
Please drop in to say hello and maybe have a go….
If you get an opportunity to visit the Burford Garden Company I think you’ll be hugely impressed with the breadth, quality and originality of its product range, plus - the huge range of unique contemporary artwork there is great too .

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Hi
this is an account of a sculpture journey during winter 21/22 - the work was incentivised by the daily background news accounts -via headphones - recounting the shameful atrocities in Ukraine.
The sculpture is about being twisted in a tightening hold - but despite the pressure there’s a hole that allows us to see right through to the other side…as Cohen eloquently sang:
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in
At its simplest, stone sculptors try to create shape and form by the modification of a rock to hopefully create meaning and engage with the viewer. Whilst this is common to most artists, those working with stone have some unique challenges.
Most stone tends to be heavy and hard and noisy and dusty to work and although it’s usually strong and has great longevity the sculptural design and working must take into account the stone’s delicate characteristics. This is common challenge with forms aimed to give an illusion of lightness or movement.
Direct carving of a 3d form from a half tonne quarry block by sawing, chipping, grinding and abrading takes the stone sculptor on a one-way, irreversible, ‘reductive’ process - removal of the unwanted stone (or invaders) can leave a wonderful chosen form… is a slow process but a great metaphor