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Art & Ornament Exhibition Friday 15 Apr – Monday 18 Apr An exhibition at Dalkeith Palace by the Master Carvers Association & Friends. A celebration

Pride amongst carvers and our families often results with tools being passed on to early career carvers in order to maintain the heritage and insure the tools are put to good use.

Grinling Gibbons, an artist working to commission, relied on Patronage. The Rustat memorial is one of many being discussed with the benefit of knowledge and

In the spirit of collaboration, DKT Artworks came together with Hugh Wedderburn of the Master Carvers Association and Parabola Workshops to create an exceptional piece of furniture.

Lisi Ashbridge’s QEST David Blackburn Scholarship (2019) enabled her to undertake one to one tuition with Caroline Webb, one of the leading letter carvers in the country.

The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) supports the training and education of talented and aspiring craftspeople through traditional college courses, vocational training, apprenticeships or one-to-one training with a master craftsperson; helping to support Britain’s cultural heritage and sustain vital skills in traditional and contemporary crafts.

As part of the programme for London Craft Week 2020, visitors to the Cathedral on Saturday 3rd October were able to hear from the Cathedral Conservator about the creation, care and conservation of the magnificent carvings in the Cathedral Quire. For this blog, our conservator shares the content of the talk for those who could not join us on the day.

Reredos, St Mary Abchurch, © Angelo Hornak: First published Skyline; February 2021The Magazine of the Friends of City Churches.

The Grinling Gibbons Society is delighted to announce that HRH The Prince of Wales will be Patron of the national festival (August 2021 to August 2022), Grinling Gibbons 300: Carving a Place in History, celebrating the life, genius and legacy of this extraordinary man.