1995-January 1997
Agrell and Thorpe Limited, British Classical Carvers
San Francisco, California
Master Stone Carver and Designer, Stone Carving Instructor
September 1996-September 1997
Academy of Art College
San Francisco, California
Workshop for Beginning Stone Carving, Evening Sculpture Instructor and
Independent Study Sculpture Instructor
February 1994-February 1995
London Carvers
London, England
Freelance Carver with Neil Simmons, Master Stone Carver
Worked on the following buildings:
August 1990-December 1993
Cathedral Stoneworks
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Coordinated, designed, managed the on-site workshop and carved five niches
(each in a different style) on the College of Fine Arts Building.
February 1989-August 1990
English Heritage, Department of the Environment
London, England
Marble and stone carver, modeling and plaster architectural sculptor.
December 1988-February 1989
American Research Center, Yale University, University of Chicago
Giza Pyramids Archeological Mapping Project
Giza, Egypt
Consultant on stone monuments, tools and methods of ancient Egyptian pyramid builders.
April 1987-December 1988
English Heritage, Department of the Environment
London, England
Marble and stone carver, modeling and plaster architectural sculptor.
Worked on the following buildings:
January 1987-April 1987
Building Crafts College
London, England
Instructor of stone masonry, architectural carving, practical cutting techniques and theory.
November 1986-January 1987
Freelance carving with Mel Morris Jones, Master Stone Carver
Kilmersdon, Somerset, England
September 1991-November 1991
NOVA Documentary on Phoronic Pyramid Construction
Giza, Egypt
Consulting Advisor on Egyptian pyramid building techniques and was
interviewed in the documentary.
September 1984-0ctober 1986
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
New York, New York
Instruction of stone carving and stone cutting apprentices (concentrated on
design, drawing, modeling, carving, technical drawing and theory.)
February 1983-September 1984
Freelance carving with Mel Morris Jones, Master Stone Carver
Kilmersdon, Somerset, England
Worked on the following:
November 1982-February 1983
Rattee and Kett Contractors, Westminster Abbey
London, England
Dismantled and rebuilt a flying buttress on the Nave.
August 1982-November 1982
Freelance carving with Mel Morris Jones, Master Stone Carver
Kilmersdon, Somerset, England
Carved architectural voluted brackets and Corinthian capitals.
June 1982-August 1982
The British School in Rome
The Beckwith Scholarship for Travel
Rome, Italy
Drawing architectural ruins in Rome.
October 1981-June 1982
City and Guilds of London Art School
London, England
Studied figure drawing and sculptural modeling.
July 1981-October l981
Ulverston Parish Church
Ulverston, England
Restored the main window in Perpendicular Gothic Style.
October 1980-July 1981
City and Guilds of London Art School
London, England
Studied figure drawing and sculptural modeling.
July l980-October 1980
Westminster Abbey
London, England
Stone Carver Journeyman
October 1979-July 1980
City and Guilds of London Art School
London, England
Studied figure drawing and sculptural modeling.
January 1978-0ctober 1979
Rattee & Kett Contractors, Westminster Abbey
London, England
Stone Carver Journeyman
Worked in 13th and 15th century styles on the North Front 20 year
Restoration Project and the Henry VII Chapel under the Duke of Edinburgh.
June 1973-December 1977
Chichester Cathedral Works
Chichester, Sussex, England
Stone Cutting and Carving Apprenticeship
Studied drafting, template making, stone cutting and setting.
Worked on the following buildings:
June 1973-December 1977
Weymouth Technical College
Weymouth, Dorset
Studied technical drawing and theory.