Getting ready to carve a poem around a seating area in Skipton wood
Today we went to Skpton to get ready for a commission we've been asked to do for the Woodland Trust. We've been asked to carve a poem...
The Making Of The Ale Stone
We were asked by our good friend Alan McEwen from Dandelion Stone Troughs if we could make a table top in the form of a millstone. This...
Marble Fingers
Hope you're all enjoying the festive period, we definetly are. Just before we broke up for Christmas a gentleman came to our workshop...
A Yorkshire rose repairs a fireplace
Your probably thinking how can a Yorkshire rose repair a fireplace? Well i'm about to tell you. We had a customer come to us about a...
Testimonial from Mother Shiptons Cave, Knaresborough
​ “Swales in the Dales created a carved stone to be placed within the Mother Shipton’s Cave park in Knaresborough. This creates added...
Revisiting the stone I carved at Mother Shiptons Cave Knearsbrough
Today Sunday 23rd October 2016 me and my family went back to Mother Shiptons Cave to revisit the stone I carved back in July. It was a...
Leigh Mill House Grindstone House Name
Today October 21st 2016 I finished the carving of a house name for my good friends Alan and Christine McEwen from Dandelion Stone...
Bracken Ghyll Golf Club
Today Wednesday October 19th 2016 I completed the carving on the huge lump of Yorkshire stone up at Bracken Ghyll Golf Club, Addingham,...
My Daddy and his work
My Daddy is very good at carving and he works very hard even when he is poorly with his illness. Daddy does amazing work for his...
Our first stone carving class
Today 15th October 2016 IÂ started our first carving lesson with my friend Laura. This lesson would teach the students how to hand carve lett