Stone Carving - Relief Star, Heart or Flower - Experience at the Blended Monkey Studios - September 2025

Our guest tutor and stone mason, Mark Evans, taught another fabulous stone carving experience here in the Blended Monkey outdoor covered studio today. This 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 some really beautiful pieces - and all in just one day!

If you missed out on this wonderful experience, we have more stone carving workshops scheduled for this and next year.

Stone Carving - Relief Florals & Foliage - 20 September - FULLY BOOKED (you can ask to be put on the waiting list)

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Stone Carving - Geometric Shapes - 14 February 2026

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Stone Carving - Heart, Flower or Star - 1 March 2026

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Stone Carving - Relief Florals & Foliage - 25 April 2026

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Stone Carving - Letter Carving - 7 June 2026

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Stone Carving - Geometric Shapes - 26 July 2026

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Stone Carving - Relief Florals & Foliage - 30 August 2026

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Stone Carving - Heart, Flower or Star - 13 September 2026

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Mark, our stone carver tutor, setting up ready for today's workshop

Mark helping one of our students to carve a flower in stone

Mallets in a row alongside some pieces of half-carved Portland stone

Our group of students enjoying their stone carving experience

One of the students carving their shape into the Portland stone

Our group of students enjoying their stone carving experience

Star partially carved into the stone

Star partially carved into a piece of Portland stone

Heart partially carved into the stone

Star marked out and ready to be carved into the stone

Students absorbed in the process of carving stone

Flower shape ready to be carved out of the stone

Students enjoying their lunch in the Blended Monkey kitchen

Student carving a flower into her piece of Portland stone

Student carving her star shape into the stone

Heart shape being carved into the stone

Couple enjoying their stone carving experience

Our group of stone carving students

Student carving a heart into the stone

Half-way through carving the Portland stone

Half-way through carving the Portland stone

Results! Group shot of students and their completed stone carvings

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REVIEWS

"I attended a stone carving day with Mark. His teaching and the day itself was excellent. It was very well organised and enjoyable, I really like the carving that I made. The class was a good size so everyone could have help with their carving skills where needed. It was suitable for all abilities. The snacks and lunch were excellent and Simon and Louise were lovely hosts. Thoroughly enjoyed and highly recommend.”

 - Susanna -

“A fantastic day spent Stone Carving at Blended Monkey. Mark the tutor is first class. He fills you with confidence and is helpful and very supportive. Louise and Simon run super craft courses and are very supportive and encouraging throughout the day. The lunch was very tasty as were the refreshments throughout the day.”

- Susan -

“Had a lovely day. Mark was very knowledgeable and helped us with the stone carving process. We had a great experience. Lunch was tasty too!”

- Louise -