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A selection of past and current hand carved lettering on limestone, slate, Pietra Serena, marble, Aurisina and Nabresina.

Wedding gift

Purple Welsh slate, inpainted and lightly oiled

Me, Me, Me

Black Welsh slate, inpainted in ash grey and lightly oiled

Infinity

An Ambigram by Scott Kim, on Hopton Wood limestone

Breathe

Two copies of Breathe, one on Black Welsh the slate, the other on Hopton Wood

Alphabet

A scattered alphabet on High Moor limestone from Yorkshire

The porch...

Oddments from the shop and pieces NFS are hung in the porch

1837

A teaser for a friend's socials re her upcoming book

Whatever

Does my face look bothered? Whatever. Hopton Wood limestone

Pi

Pi to 11 decimal places

Drama Queen

For the drama queen in your life, on Aurisina limestone from Trieste

FAC SI FACIS

If you're going to do it, DO IT

Joni Mitchell

A case of you, from Joni's album Blue on Aurisina

FEAR-LESS

An adjective and a piece of advice, on Hopton Wood limestone

WTF? FFS

A question and an exclamation for our own times. On Pietra Serena from Pisa

Martin Luther

Probably a misquote, but a good line all the same

On the bench

Just a couple of oddments in the workshop

Dignity

A great Deacon Blue song, That Ship Called Dignity

Fearless

Two bevelled stones with carved lettering

Alphabet

A scattered alphabet on black Welsh slate, inpainted and oiled

QWERTYUIOP

We all spend too much time looking at that top line...

The Blitz

A stone for the author of A Map of the Damage, a great novel set in London

Hope

While I breathe I hope, a variation on the classic, on slate

Ab Fab

A quote from Edina carved on hard Nabresina limestone from Trieste

Light & Shade

Light and Shade carved on a matching pair of bevelled limestone blocks

Terry Pratchett

Those who are about to die don't want to

Hallelujah

An unrelated pair, w.t.a.f and Hallelujah, on Hopton Wood and Welsh slate

Dylan Thomas

A quote from And Death Shall Have No Dominion, on High Moor limestone

Classic

This too shall pass, on Hopton Wood limestone

Carpe Diem

... with a little added encouragement. Filled lettering on Italian marble

The End

With a couple of ligatures.