26/01/2022

Couple with crafting and engineering skills came for a new year treat and to learn more skills.

10/01/2022

A young Penzance man came to try stonecarving and showed terrific artistic ability.

10/12/2021

Having come for a class before the first Covid virus lockdown, Ron developed a practice of her own, and has returned for further workshops.

18/11/2021

2 guys who work in fundraising for charities enjoyed some downtime in the workshop.

15/10/2021

Rosie Knowles came with a keen interest in materials and how to work with them. She then photographed the piece she made at the beach.

20/09/2021

Helen Swanton has an Etsy shop and you can see her work on Instagram.

10/09/2021

A student from Oxford showed great agility with tools.

20/11/2018

Two former art students had a meet up in Cornwall and did a stonecarving workshop together.

20/07/2018

A work experience student came to help out and did some stonecarving with Baz.

21/11/2017

An anaesthetist took time out to enjoy a couple of days stonecarving.

15/10/2017

Tim was visiting family nearby and learnt enough techniques to get started on his return home.

18/09/2017

Locally based couple who are keen animal lovers enjoyed a day in the workshop.

15/08/2017

Two friends had a great day in the workshop. One made this narwhal and the other a stone with a spiral.

10/10/2016

A businessman from Norfolk, planning on retiring, took time for himself to get started on something creative and having some fun.

22/08/2016

Pippa and Adam enjoyed a creative day on their holiday, working on stone for the first time.

19/07/2016

Enjoying a gift of a stone carving course Jane made a soapstone owl for her garden.

11/11/2015

A London couple celebrated a birthday with a day in the workshop. He made an excellent start on this head in alabaster while she finished a small owl relief.

24/07/2015

Sue left teaching and has returned to her art. She is particularly interested in sculpture and ceramics.

27/03/2015

This London couple made time for a short break to Cornwall and enjoyed doing an activity together.

04/11/2014

What to do on holiday in the rain? A couple from Leeds, on holiday from their professional jobs, took advantage of a wet day to enjoy carving in the warm workshop.

01/09/2014

Newly wed, this couple worked together on making a slate relief of a sunflower motif which they had used throughout their wedding ceremony.

21/06/2014

On a fabulous summer's day a couple with a son had an enjoyable day's carving. Between them they made a scarab, a relief of a boar, and this snake.

01/05/2014

To celebrate a birthday, two friends came on a course. The birthday boy made this wonderful walrus.

30/09/2013

Baz picked up lots of inspirational ideas on a visit to western Canada

31/08/2013

We had a visitor from the Lamorna Cove Hotel who made this ram with Baz.

17/08/2013

After 13 years the workshop gets a new coat of paint and a sort out.

08/07/2013

Lore Otto carved a large ammonite in alabaster on a 3 day visit whilst on holiday with husband and son.

25/05/2013

Students showed work again at our exhibition as part of Cornwall Open Studios.

17/12/2012

A few students met up to have an enjoyable and inspiring refresher day.

20/10/2012

A bird bath in alabaster with a dolphin bone detail was created by Gilly.

10/09/2012

A few days carving and some help from Baz and Sheena from Devon produced an alabaster fish.

15/08/2012

New to the area Stuart came for a day's carving with Baz.

25/07/2012

The Collier family from Harrowgate, and their dog, came up the road from their holiday cottage for an enjoyable day's carving in glorious sunshine.

10/07/2012

Old friends, Linda and Karen, living in different parts of the UK, met up again to have some fun. They both made terrific pieces including this bird in alabaster.

07/06/2012

Robin and Brenda often attend a course or an activity together. They enjoyed stonecarving here in Lamorna because of their interest in the local standing stones known as the Merry Maidens.

31/05/2012

Open again we had a successful and enjoyable open studios.

12/03/2012

Thanks to her husband, Nikki had a day free from home education to reconnect with her own artistic career.

10/01/2012

Luke came for a week to add a new skill to his existing artistic talents. He made several pieces including this hawk.

14/10/2011

Lovers of sculpture & ceramics these two loved the hands on experience of stonecarving & having a good day out together.

10/09/2011

Business owners and parents took a couple of days out from their busy lives & had fun trying something new.

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02/05/2011

The confident efforts of a student on a three day course resulted in a magnificent fish for a pond in Oxfordshire.

04/04/2011

Fantastic weather enabled mother & daughter to enjoy a polishing session outside the workshop.

10/03/2011

Penzance woman who had never tried stonecarving before was happy to find her bird carving was enhanced by the flowing lines in the stone.

13/02/2011

Fiona & Danny from Devon, on a visit to Cornwall, decided to work in bone, & produced finished pieces in a day.

28/12/2010

Seeing the old year out, a few of our stonecarvers turned up on the same day for some carving and some fun. Happy New Year.

15/12/2010

Ruby from London joined us for a weekend's carving as preparation for applying to a London sculpture school. This gave her an opportunity to find out if working in stone was for her.

15/11/2010

Making a small Easter Island type head as one of the items over two days, gave Lynford an opportunity to try stonecarving for the first time.

23/10/2010

Viv came with her husband Bob and she created an alabaster topped walking stick. There are a range of wood sticks to choose from and is a talking piece for the future.

27/09/2010

This bear was a joint effort between student and tutor. Finding the right stone for the work makes for a successful project.

15/08/2010

One of our summer students. Staying locally on a holiday visit to Cornwall, students find stonecarving inspiring and enjoyable.

16/07/2010

Graham Hill (01736 330117) paid another visit to show us the handaxes he makes from diorite pebbles, using only another stone & corroded granite. He then incises a drawing using flint. Using this method, the image here is entitled 'AirWar', and took about 20 hours to make.

20/06/2010

Richard came back for a third visit. Working on a large block of Portland stone he started making a bird bath for his garden in Cumbria. Here Stephane, who comes regularly to carve, gives some advice.

17/05/2010

BT manager, Roger Roberts, found a week's carving relaxing and restorative. Being absorbed in making something helps balance a busy working life.

04/05/2010

Jacqueline Giovannini is a Brazilian artist. On this her first visit to the UK, she wanted to learn the basic methods of stonecarving so she could teach young people back home.

26/04/2010

Tim's family booked 2 days carving as a birthday present for him. Someone, like Tim, who is open and ready for new experience, can enjoy having a go at stonecarving.

16/04/2010

A father brought his son for a few days carving, giving him the time and space to come up with his own creative ideas and interact with others. This kind of creative encouragement is at the heart of the Steiner School which the boy attends.

20/03/2010

Father & son-in-law, Steve and Andrew enjoyed a day with a different pace. With demanding and stressful jobs a day doing something completely different is a good way to relax.

12/02/2010

We had a local woman, Mary, for a day's carving & she was very complementary - "A day with Baz and Maureen has to be one of the best Christmas presents my husband has ever bought me. Truly inspiring."

16/11/2009

A number of students, with an interest in shamanism, come along to carve personal items for use in rituals, such as this pipe in progress.

29/10/2009

Australian student, Tim, made an abstract piece in serpentine. Already gifted in turning wood he returned home and made a complementary bowl, creating a great personalised pestle and mortar.

01/10/2009

We've had visitors from America, Australia, and Europe this summer. This couple from Switzerland and Romania were on holiday in St Ives and came over for an enjoyable day's carving.

02/09/2009

Janeen & Ilona from Philadelphia, stopped off on their short tour of Britain, to try their hand at carving. They came on the coldest, wettest day of the summer so it was the perfect thing to do.

01/08/2009

These two from London came with their parents for a day & were ready for anything. Dad came from Toussaint, Arizona, and so the family made some great little fetish pieces.

20/07/2009

Richard, who came last summer, returned to focus on making heads. Here he is with a cycladic head (Cycladic art from islands in the Aegean circa 2500BC).

07/07/2009

From time to time we have artists attending workshops who come to have time out from their usual medium and experiment with stone. Barbara Karn visited recently and whilst she mainly paints animals she also likes to work in 3D.

27/06/2009

A group of students from Gloucester Girls School came for a demonstration. In common with most young people they showed no fear or hesitation in tackling a piece of stone.

15/06/2009

We had a visit from Graham Hill who has been working along the road, making a hole in a large piece of granite, using nothing but hand tools made of stone. Graham has researched how holes were made in various types of stone and with a variety of stone tools across the UK.

31/05/2009

Visitors to the Open Studio event made a positive response to the stonecarvings. With lots of Inuit and Celtic references the sculpture was new and educational to many viewers. Of course, there was plenty of entertainment too.

17/05/2009

'There is a shape/ Defined by space/ And hidden by the folds of time/ Whose form describes/ To inner eyes/ a universal depth of line...' By Chris Gardner, a student.

09/05/2009

Went down to Mousehole for a lunchtime picnic with students. Sometimes a break like this can generate new ideas or solutions.

27/04/2009

Gary came for carving having already some idea from trying it before. He brought a little magic with his stories of a rich life lived on the road. Students always bring another slice of life.

13/04/2009

Our guest at Easter made this lovely relief in soapstone. Never having tried carving before it took concentration and determination to achieve. The sun came out and put us all in holiday mood.

26/03/2009

New supplies of soapstone delivered this week. Exciting possibilities. Baz has already carved out a bear. The supplier was 'Great Art' which has a vast range of art supplies. Check them out at www.greatart.co.uk.

17/03/2009

Experienced woodcarver and woodturner, Peter Davey, attended a course, and overcame his fear of working in stone. He spent the day working with a range of stones; those that cut like wood e.g. soapstone, and harder composites such as granite.

05/03/2009

We had a great weekend, courtesy of John & Sue Exton, in Monmouth. John heads up the art department at Monmouth School for boys, and together with Sue, an art teacher there, Baz ran workshops for the boys. They made carvings that the boys will enter for GCSE and A level work. John and Sue are terrific promoters of artists from Cornwall and have for many years organised workshops in Cornwall for the boys. Contact us for details.

26/02/2009

Dad and daughter, David and Amber, from Provence, came for a days carving while they were staying in the area. They produced a walrus head and a fish. We had a gambol round the Merry Maidens with them and a fish and chip supper in Mousehole.