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The company was started by myself in 1973 carrying out stone work in our local area
I had inherited a small family Quarry, so had the raw materials at hand.
The stone I use is the waste that over many centuries local craftsmen discarded whilst cutting large pieces to build Churches, Houses and mill wheels.
After the Canals were built in the late seventeen hundreds, stone was taken much further a field from the Quarry. The speciality being fine mill wheels.
My first carvings were small mushrooms but I soon became bolder and carved much larger ones called Staddlestones. These were originally used as the cornerstones of wooden corn stores to keep them above water level and also to stop rats and mice from reaching the corn , as they could not climb around the mushroom top.
I have also added a range of birdbaths, sundials, drilled stones for water features, mill wheels , in fact anything carved from natural stone.
My latest range are stone faces which are loosely based on those found in south America and Easter Island, an island two thousand miles off Chile where the faces were carved almost two thousand years ago. These faces are called Moia and some have carved hats which are called Topknots. Many on Easter Island stand sixteen metres tall.
Every piece that I carve is individual and therefore unique. The beauty of natural stone cannot be denied and so my stone carvings will look just as good in the garden of a country mansion or the patio area of a small terrace.
Thank you for visiting my web sight and hope to meet with you in the future . If you would like to visit my work place please phone or E-mail .
Phone 01538 752314 [0044 1538 752314 ] INT
Mobile 07850 133129
E- Mail Bill@themushroomman.free-online.co.uk
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