Ian Thomson MA
The five ton block of superb quality Carrara marble that completely flattened a strong wooden pallet and on which I'm working here, is now in a new home. After reducing it to approximately 3.5 tons, and having had to move workshop, I had it delivered by...
I've been reading writings by Heraclitus of "You cannot bath in the same river twice because it's not the same river and you're not the same person" fame. He thinks fire is the basis of nature. One of his big ideas is that change is unavoidable and...
Technology and Authenticity Since Palaeolithic times, man has been carving sculpture. Our distant ancestors would take a piece of wood or bone and from it create a form pleasing to them. It is very likely that the mind that had the idea to do so,...
Selecting marble at Mount Altissimo, the very quarry that Michelangelo opened! ...
Freedom, Fear, Faith. Slough's new memorial to commemorate The First World War. Slough High Street, Berkshire, England. Commission for Slough Borough Council. ...