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A Yorkshire rose repairs a fireplace
Your probably thinking how can a Yorkshire rose repair a fireplace? Well i'm about to tell you. We had a customer come to us about a...
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Testimonial from Mother Shiptons Cave, Knaresborough
​ “Swales in the Dales created a carved stone to be placed within the Mother Shipton’s Cave park in Knaresborough. This creates added...
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New stone mullions for Old Hall Farm, Otley.
This week we were given the job to make two replacement stone mullions by a customer who is renovating an old farm house. The part of the...
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Revisiting the stone I carved at Mother Shiptons Cave Knearsbrough
Today Sunday 23rd October 2016 me and my family went back to Mother Shiptons Cave to revisit the stone I carved back in July. It was a...
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Leigh Mill House Grindstone House Name
Today October 21st 2016 I finished the carving of a house name for my good friends Alan and Christine McEwen from Dandelion Stone...
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Bracken Ghyll Golf Club
Today Wednesday October 19th 2016 I completed the carving on the huge lump of Yorkshire stone up at Bracken Ghyll Golf Club, Addingham,...
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My Daddy and his work
My Daddy is very good at carving and he works very hard even when he is poorly with his illness. Daddy does amazing work for his...
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Our first stone carving class
Today 15th October 2016 IÂ started our first carving lesson with my friend Laura. This lesson would teach the students how to hand carve lett
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House Name Plaque
Today we have finished a lovely little house name plaque for a customer in Lancashire. We first made the design for the customer and with...
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A repair to a crack in a mantle.
Today 27th September we set off up to Skyreholme in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales to a customer who had a crack in their mantle piece....