Relief carved lettering on York stone mounted on Portland stone plinth
74 x 12 x 7 cm lettering
24 x 23 x 7 cm plinth
Relief carved lettering on York stone mounted on Portland stone plinth
74 x 12 x 7 cm lettering
24 x 23 x 7 cm plinth
Relief carved lettering on York stone mounted on Portland stone plinth
74 x 12 x 7 cm lettering
24 x 23 x 7 cm plinth
About this artist
Simon Langsdale has had a lifelong interest in the arts, cultural heritage and the crafts but it wasn’t until 2006-07 when he completed a full-time course at Roehampton University in calligraphy and bookbinding that he seriously considered a career in these areas.
During 2008, he had an informal apprenticeship with the letter carver Tom Perkins, learning how to draw letters and cut them in stone. From 2008 -11 he studied at the University of Hertfordshire, gaining a BA with First Class Honours in History. At the same time, he continued developing his skills as a letter carver, visiting other craftsmen’s workshops and gaining his first commissions.
On graduating in 2011, he set up his own business as a self-employed letter carver. From 2011-15, he worked on cataloguing the archive of the craftsman Michael Renton for the Edward Johnston Foundation and also became the librarian and archivist for the Society of Scribes and Illuminators.
In 2018, he completed an MA by research in History at the University of Hertfordshire. In October 2017, he became a fellow of Digswell Arts Trust and had studio at The Forge in Digswell, Hertfordshire until July 2020, when he moved to Parndon Mill, Harlow. He mainly works to commission, creating pieces of public art, memorial stones, birdbaths, benches, plaques and stones for the garden. He also teaches and lectures on calligraphy and letter carving, running workshops and short courses. In the spring of 2018, he ran letter carving workshops at Highfield School Letchworth.
All works by this artist
'The Earth Has Its Music', the full inscription reads 'The earth has its music for those who will listen'. The words are from the poem 'The Magic of Sound' by Reginald Holmes. It is made from Purbeck Pond-free stone with v-cut hand carved and hand drawn lettering and is mounted on an oak plinth; Overall dimensions are length 340mm x width 260mm x height 527mm.
Relief carved lettering on York stone mounted on Portland stone plinth
74 x 12 x 7 cm lettering
24 x 23 x 7 cm plinth
'When I rise up, let me rise up joyful like a bird. When I fall, let me fall without regret like a leaf.'
This is from the 'Mad Farmer' poems by Wendell Berry.
The bath is made from Portland stone with a hand-hewn sweet-chestnut obelisk.
Both have hand drawn and hand carved v-cut lettering.
Dimensions are width 500mm x width 500mm x height 1200mm.
The title is 'How Sweet the Moonlight', the words are from 'The Merchant of Venice' by William Shakespeare.
The material is Broughton Moor Cumbrian green slate with v-cut and painted lettering .
This piece in in two parts with dimensions of 790mm x 151mm x 13mm.