Robyn Golden-Hann's Profile - #SBS

Robyn Golden-Hann's Profile - #SBS

My profile on Theo Paphitis' site, with grateful thanks from a happy lady!

Theo Paphitis

https://twitter.com/TheoPaphitis

I'm delighted to announce that Theo Paphitis (star of Dragon's Den) has chosen my business as a winner in this week's Small Business Sunday, resulting in a re-tweet on his popular Twitter feed and huge internet traffic for me. Thank-you Theo! @TheoPaphitis#SBS

Horatio's Garden

For more info on Horatio's Garden at Salisbury District Hospital, The Spinal Injuries Trust, Cleve West's garden design, and of course the stone plaque I carved;
http://www.ssit.org.uk/ssit-page.php?pageID=47

Horatio's Garden

I was today pleased to attend the opening of Horatio's garden at Salisbury District Hospital.
The garden was designed by Chelsea flower show winner Cleve West as a memorial to Horatio Chapple, the young man so tragically killed in Svalbard, Norway, in 2011.
Horatio was an enthusiastic volunteer at the Spinal Injuries unit where his father Mr David Chapple is a highly renowned spinal surgeon.
The memorial garden has given a whole new lease of life to a previously grim yard at the spinal injuries unit and is a complete triumph of beautiful, yet practical design especially with the needs of wheel chair and bed bound patients in mind. I was honoured to have been commissioned to create the memorial stone to Horatio set in the garden pathway.

Please see the Southern Spinal Injuries Trust (SSIT) website/blog below for more details.

http://www.ssit.org.uk/blog-post-view.php?blogPostID=59&blogID=2

Wilson's Solicitors

I'll be exhibiting at Wilson's new premises in Salisbury the eve as part of their re-launch party

Gravestone restoration

Here's a lovely little Portland stone memorial from St George's church, Harnham, Salisbury UK after a little loving care in my studio. The headstone has been cleaned, re-cut and painted and is now ready for re-installation.

Before restoration

Robyn re-cutting the inscription

Carefully painting the letters



The finished stone

Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews

 

Here's a piece of marble I've carved and then painted with acrylics. I've always been intrigued by the lovely texture of these Latin words and felt that they had a really lovely flowing sound to them. I started by using so called 'rustic' Roman letters, but changed the design as I drew it out onto the marble and adapted them for my own purposes.

 

 

    I think I'll probably fix this to my studio wall, which is increasingly turning into a little chapel!