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| POSITIONS HELD | |
|---|---|
| 2004 - | Freelance stone carver |
| 2004 - 2005 | Head Stone Carver. Quibell and Son, Hull |
| 2004 - 2005 | Consultant conservator, Louth Museum, Lincolnshire |
| 2001 - | Stone Consultant. Wellington College, Berkshire |
| 1999 - 2004 | Part time Lecturer – Contemporary decorative crafts degree course. University of Lincoln |
| 1990 - 2004 | Lincoln Cathedral Works Department |
| 2003 - 2004 | Head of Sculpture |
| 2000 - 2003 | Team Leader for Sculpture and Conservation |
| 1993 - 1999 | Stone Carver |
| 1990 - 1993 | Sculpture and stone conservator |
| 1986 - 88 | Senior Technician. Wandsworth Museum, London |
| EDUCATION/TRAINING | |
|---|---|
| 1997 - 1999 | MA in Art, Design and Critical Theory. University of Lincoln |
| 1992 - 1995 | CITB traineeship in stone carving. Lincoln Cathedral |
| 1988 - 1990 | Higher National Diploma in Conservation and Restoration. Lincoln School of Art. |
| 1982 - 1985 | BA(hons) degree in Fine Art (2:1). Hull School of Art and Design. |
| 1981 - 1982 | Foundation course in Art and Design. Jacob Kramer College. Leeds. |
| MAJOR PROJECTS/COMMISSIONS* | |
|---|---|
| 2004 - 2006 | Principle Carver for the restoration of Selby Abbey, North Yorkshire. Work has included replacement of parapet figures on the choir aisles and clerestory parapets, portrait heads of the present and previous Archbishops of York and design work. |
| 2003 - 2004 | Head Carver for the new replacement tracery for the Deans Eye restoration project, Lincoln Cathedral. Work including many stiff leaf bosses and a portrait of the Dean of Lincoln as a green man. |
| 2002 | Design and carving of a large sculptural tree planter for the Princes Quad, Wellington College public school, Berkshire. Work including a portrait relief of the Duke of Wellington. |
| 1990 - 2001 | Conservation of the Romanesque frieze, Lincoln Cathedral. Work included cleaning and consolidation of 12th century sculpture. Re-carving of sculpture to replace original panels which were removed for safe storage and display. Project leader in later stages. |
| 1999 | Memorial to Bishop Aelfhun. Sudbury, Suffolk. A millennium project commissioned by the Freemen of Sudbury. A three quarter sized seated figure of the Anglo Saxon bishop. |
| * this is a brief selection of Major projects. There are many other sculpture and conservation projects carried out over the past 20 years. |
| ASSOCIATIONS | |
|---|---|
| 2003 | Elected as a member of the Art workers Guild. Based in Bloomsbury, London, the Guild is a society of artists, craftsmen and designers, founded in the 19th Century by leading members of the Arts and Crafts movement. It promotes excellence and education in all aspects of Art, craft and design. |