Grand Theft WTF

So, I return home today and notice that some savage has stolen my letter cutting slab from off my door step.

The more I think about it the more annoyed I get...

That thing took me ages

I hope you put your back out trying to move it you thieving cunts...

I called the po po but I doubt anything will come of it

There is now an empty spot next to my front door and, if I had a heart there too...

Dartmoor Arts Week 2011 5

Massive hard on.

Dartmoor Arts Week 2011 4

After three days of being hunched over my slab, I has had enough and felt in necessary to try a three dimensional sculpted form.

Of course, given the chance to carve something out of stone I resorted to my default setting.

Dartmoor Arts Week 2011 2

I used my collage of Heston Blumenthal as the starting point for my design

It became apparent very quickly that, due to my lack of experience, I would be unable to achieve the tight, thin lines that the design required.

I made the decision to enlarge a portion of the image and use this as the design, this made the slab look a little like a piece of a larger work and also abstracted the image.

Dartmoor Arts Week 2011 1

Initially I chose a slab onto which I wanted to carve a relief pattern, that might also be used as a printing block.

Here are some images of my practice cutting.