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This picture shows a limestone column shaft being
finished on the banker using a French Drag; an appallingly noisy but very
efficient hand tool! The column is suspended by the bronze dowels in its
ends, so that it can be rotated on the banker. |
| This is the column fixed in the building (a spectacular Roman
style bath house built from scratch). |
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| A workshop mug-shot! From left: Simon Deeley, a callow and
youthful Oliver Webb, Martin Webb and Tony Rogac. |
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| This was a little urn we made, which got the unfortunate nick
name of R2D2! From left: Chris James, Oliver Webb and sawyer Philip Richards. |
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This severe looking chap carved by Oliver looks
down at the Oxford traffic as it passes Keble College. It was quite
a tricky job as the new stone had to be patched into the old in such a way
that it did not depend upon an adhesive agent to remain fixed. He actually
has a large stainless steel pin inside him running about 12 inches back
into the wall. |
| This was a light hearted snap taken at pretty little Ford
Church, near Stoke Prior. We'd just removed the leaded light (window)
for remaking and I was just cleaning up the glazing groove in the stonework
so that we could take details. |
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| At the bottom of the stone yard is always a mass of odd "might
come in useful" off cuts that are too good to throw out. After a year
or two they start to blend into the scenery as Moon Daisies and poppies
grow up between the stacks and, away from bustle of the workshop and the
scream of the saw, a tranquil calm pervades. |
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