Wayne Marques
As part of a restoration project on Southwark Cathedral, there was the opportunity to submit ideas for new portraits on the eroded corbel stones. My model for a portrait of hero police officer Wayne Marques was chosen for the building. Wayne Marques fought the terrorists in the London Bridge attack in June 2017 and survived multiple stab wounds. I carved the portrait in woodkirk sandstone from photographs taken during a meeting with Wayne. It was unveiled at the 1-year anniversary of the attack prior to installation.
Photo by Aidan CK
Photo by Aidan CK
Southwark Cathedral
Carving one of four replacement stiff-leaf bosses I produced for a restoration project at Southwark Cathedral, 2017
Samson
Relief panel of Samson and the Lion, designed in the Romanesque style. I modelled this scene in clay before carving it, trying to create a dense, energetic composition full of movement and detail. Samson sits atop the lion, grappling with its jaws. He is flanked by desert animals and foliage, and in the tangled roots beneath his feet is another scene depicting a bear hunt. This sculpture is carved in Caen limestone.
Samson (detail)
World War 1 Memorial for Haberdashers Company Hall, London
I was commissioned to design and carve a sunk relief carving of the Haberdashers heraldic shield as part of a new World Ward 1 memorial for the Haberdashers Hall in London. I tried to adapt the elements of the heraldic shield to be more simplified and sturdy to fit with the contemporary building where it would be installed.
Installed memorial in Haberdashers Hall
Haberdashers WW1 Memorial
Completed and installed memorial in the Haberdashers Hall. Inscription by George Edwards.
Ascension
Commissioned sculpture for a client in Cambridge. I designed the panel based on fragments of the Anglo Saxon Rothbury Cross
The Texel Stone
This sculpture, designed by artist Katie Lennard, was carved by me in the summer of 2019 for a new rooftop garden at Texel Finance in the City of London. Portland stone with gold leaf, 1.4 m height. Photo by Helena Pliotis
Stone delivery
One of three blocks of Portland stone for the Texel Sculpture at my workshop in West London, June 2019. Photo by Katie Lennard
Texel stone
Top section of the Texel Stone being carved in my workshop. Photo by Katie Lennard
Fixing
Kosta and assistant fixing the Texel Stone on site at Texel Finance in the City of London. Photo by Katie Lennard
'The Second Coming' WB Yeats Inscription
This work was designed and drawn on paper, then transferred and carved into stone using a hammer and chisel. It features the first two lines of ‘The Second Coming,’ a poem written at the end of World War I about the new era in human history that was born out of the unprecedented chaos and violence. I illustrated the inscription with sunken relief carvings of a falcon and a scarab. The scarab beetle was a symbol of rebirth in ancient Egypt.
'The Second Coming' WB Yeats Inscription (detail)
Stiff leaf ceiling boss
Bath stone ornamental carving. Stiff leaf is a form of Gothic ornament that was developed by British carvers.
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