Hand Carved Commission

Jan

2013

07

2013 / Jan / 07
New Year, New Products!
- posted in Hand Carved Commission
- / tags: slate table mats
Over the past year I’ve had quite a few requests for stone products as pieces of home art or garden art.

Some of you will be familiar with the pieces of Garden Art that I have produced in the past and of course slate house signs, well now I have started to put together products to use inside your home….

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Oct

2012

01

2012 / Oct / 01
St Pancras, So the job starts…
- posted in Hand Carved Commission
So for those of you who read my blog, you’ll remember me telling you about a new commission that I have received for a piece that will be put in situ at St Pancras….

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Sep

2012

10

2012 / Sep / 10
Newbury Show This Week
- posted in Hand Carved Commission
Phew its been a busy few weeks with lots to chat about – I’ll get posting some of the stuff I’ve done in the next day week or two.

I just wanted to let you know that I will be exhibiting at the Newbury Show this year….

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Jul

2012

13

2012 / Jul / 13
All in a days work
- posted in Hand Carved Commission
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh at the Henley-on-Thames Jubilee river pageant…

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Jun

2012

25

2012 / Jun / 25
Todays the day!
- posted in Bespoke Hand Carved Stone, Hand Carved Commission
Huge excitement in the Nankoo household this morning because today is the day that the Queen will attend the Henley-on-Thames Jubilee river pageant and unveil my stone art memorial. …

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May

2012

25

2012 / May / 25
Stone Art fit for a Queen
- posted in Hand Carved Commission
In celebration of the Queens Diamond Jubilee
The Queen will be visiting Henley this summer, as part of her Diamond Jubilee tour of the country and on the 25th June, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh the Queen will attend the Thameside Event on the lawns of Henley Business School….

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Apr

2012

07

2012 / Apr / 07
New Premises and new staff!
- posted in Hand Carved Commission
We finally moved to bigger premises, hooray!…

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Mar

2012

21

2012 / Mar / 21
War Memorial
- posted in Hand Carved Commission
“This memorial will be dedicated to the memory of all American servicemen who lost their lives whilst serving their country and helping to preserve freedom.”…

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Jan

2012

10

2012 / Jan / 10
One Hundred and One!
- posted in Hand Carved Commission, Newbury Stonemason
My most recent piece of work which you can see below was for Petronella Smith, who at the grand old age of 101 is now the oldest person that I have created a hand carved memorial for. Petronella was of Dutch decent so you can see on the slate the carving of “A precious mother and Oma”, Oma meaning grandmother….

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Sep

2011

11

2011 / Sep / 11
The latest Churchyard memorial
- posted in Hand Carved Commission
My latest Churchyard memorial has been a really beautiful one to work with….

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