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24th February 2012School Commissioned to Produce Gilded Sculpture for the Prow of The Royal Barge at The Thames Diamond Jubilee PageantThe sculpture was designed by Alan Lamb, head of Historic Carving. It is being modelled by a small team of staff and students from the School.
10th May 20112011 QEST Scholarships awarded to two students in Historic CarvingTeresa Dybisz (2nd year Diploma, Stone Carving) and Richard Mossman (1st year, PG Diploma, Stone Carving) were amongst the recipient of the April 2011 Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) awards.
8th June 2010Andrew Graham Dixon meets his own gargoyle/grotesque at the School! Andrew Graham Dixon visits the School to see Alan Lamb's creation for the BBC's Culture Show.
28th March 2010British Museum talk with Alumna Jan Goodkin2009 Post Graduate Stone Carving Alumna Jan Goodkin will host a talk at the British Museum on how the British Museum’s collections inspired her to carve a statue of a Baboon.
4th November 2009New Miniature Portraits for Westminster AbbeyTwo second-year Post-Graduate Diploma students, James Kirby and John Ford, are involved in an interesting project at Westminster Abbey.
2nd November 2009Queen Anne's Summer HouseAlan Lamb, as Head of Historic Carving, and his students have carved new brackets for Queen Anne’s Summer House.
16th April 2009The Angel of Westminster - A collaboration between City & Guilds of London Art School and the House of LordsA few years ago, the Curator’s Office at the Houses of Parliament approached City & Guilds of London Art
School’s Conservation and Historic Carving Departments with a proposal to conserve and restore the figure
of an angel, once part of the sculptural decoration of Victoria Tower, as a student project. The result has been
an exciting challenge for both students and tutors alike and this exhibition showcases the work undertaken by
those who have been involved in this unique project.
26th March 20098feetUp ExhibitionA new permanent exhibition of emerging artists. Exhibition opening - Thursday, 2 April (from 18.00)
16th December 2008Studio VisitOn Tuesday, 16 December 2008, the Carving Department travelled to the studios of Fairhaven and Woods, in Cambridgeshire.
22nd November 2008Skills London 2008 ConferenceThe School's Carving Department attended the Skills London 2008 Conference on 20-22 November 2008.

14th July 2008

New Grotesques for St George's Chapel Windsor

Students and staff at work on 17 new carvings of grotesques for St. George’s Chapel Windsor.

Windsor Grotesque

One of the new Grotesques for St George’s Chapel Windsor

In March 2005 the School was approached by John Maine RA on behalf of the St George’s Chapel Sculpture advisory Committee to provide 17 new carvings of grotesques for the exterior of the Bray Chantry. These were to replace 19th century carvings that had eroded beyond recognition.

Also read:

A PDF Documenting the Project
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