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Tuesday, 18 October 2011 10:42 |
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At the LCA we never cease to be amazed at the skills and creative ingenuity of our members. Those that consider leadworkers as “just another roofing trade” should look closely at the photographs on these pages and perhaps think again.

Water features in lead are not that unusual with various styles of fountain head decorated by cast cherubs, birds, fish, etc often featuring in the bespoke catalogues of those that focus on the more decorative side of the craft.
However the sheer scale of the chalices tackled by Brian Turner of Turner’s Ornamental Leadwork was in itself hugely impressive and when considering the finished item in the final photographs shown here, one can only wonder “how on Earth did he do that?”
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 October 2011 12:06 |
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Friday, 14 October 2011 11:43 |
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Trading under the name of CHALK WORKS, Tim Chalk works from his studio in Edinburgh’s “village in the City”, the historic Duddingston Village, situated under Arthur’s Seat, with one foot in Holyrood Park, next to Duddingston Loch.
Tim has been producing artworks for public and private situations for over 25 years and has a wealth of experience of projects of all scales and situations. He has had work placed in various significant public buildings throughout the country, including the National Library of Scotland, the National Museum of Scotland and James Street Station in Liverpool.
Regardless of context, the works are all characterised by one unifiying feature; they are all site specific and designed to relate closely to their environments and the poeple who live with them. Stemming from Tim Chalk’s beginnings in community art, this concern for the physical and social context of his work is at the core of his practice.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 October 2011 10:28 |
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Monday, 10 October 2011 13:19 |
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Your Tutor. Gerald Adams
After obtaining a fine art degree at Exeter, Gerald worked for a large Norfolk Furniture maker making fine reproductions, before studying carving at the London College of Furniture and setting up on his own.

The workshop has been in production since 1986 producing components for the furniture industry, as well as lately, design, architectural detail and sculptural work for large private houses and the church.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 11 October 2011 15:39 |
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Monday, 10 October 2011 11:57 |
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Master Carver Ricardo Rodriguez specialises in producing high quality replicas of period pieces, and architectural wood and stone carvings usually commissioned by Interior Designers, or Architects, who are involved with conservation work.
For a number of years, he was also the official woodcarver for the Royal College of Arms, and was engaged in the production of Heraldic woodcarvings, for the Order of the Garter, and Order of the Bath, and these works, can be found at St George's Chapel (Windsor Castle).

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Last Updated on Monday, 10 October 2011 15:09 |
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Friday, 09 September 2011 10:05 |
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Founded in 1795, James Chapman Bishop’s first workshops were at York buildings in Saint Marylebone. He soon became well established and took on the premises of 250 Marylebone Road as his workshops.
J. C. Bishop quickly built a good reputation and became widely known as a master organbuilder whose attention to detail and expert knowledge, combined with ingenuity and craftsmanship, produced some of the finest English organs of the nineteenth century.
The master organbuilder insisted from the start of his career that his house used only the finest materials and best quality resources in its manufactory and that this rule was not compromised for expedience or financial economy.
James Bishop was responsible for inventing some of the features that we take for granted in organbuilding today, namely the anti-concussion valve to provide steady wind, the Clarrabella stop and the composition pedals.
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