Stone Carving - Relief Heart, Flower or Star - Experience at the Blended Monkey Studios - September 2026

siloutaggart

5 days ago

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Our guest tutor, talented stonemason and artist Mark Evans, taught another wonderful stone carving experience here in the Blended Monkey Studio's outdoor covered workspace today. The workshop focused on the relief carving of either a star, heart or flower into a slab of Portland stone.

Check out the photos & videos below - everyone created fabulous pieces - and all in just one day!

If you missed out on this wonderful experience, we have more stone carving workshops scheduled for 2027 - watch this space.

Chisels used for stone carving here in the Blended Monkey Studios & Gardens
Group of students starting their stone carving workshop in the Blended Monkey Studios & Gardens
The Blended Monkey Gardens
Simba keeping a watchful eye over the proceedings
Group of students starting their stone carving workshop in the Blended Monkey Studios & Gardens
Beautiful Tudor flower design being created by one of the students
Pretty working environment in the Blended Monkey Gardens
Students working on their pieces of Portland stone
Kevin & Steph enjoying their stone carving workshop
Katy and Nathan getting to grips with stone carving
Matt and Gina learning the techniques and processes involved in stone carving
Students creating Tudor roses
Pretty Blended Monkey Gardens
Some stone carving tools
A Tudor rose in the making
Students have gone to lunch - seeing how far they've got
8-pointed star being carved into a piece of Portland stone
Mark instructing the group of stone carving students
Student measuring the height of their piece
Simba keeping an eye on the workshop
Coming to the end of the day - everyone's doing so well
Students carving away into their pieces of Portland stone
Well done guys! Even Simba agrees as he photobombs!