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Edition 3 Feature (September 2021)
Words by: Alasdair Thomson
Location: Edinburgh, UK
Photo Credit: ©Robbie Tighe @adventurerobbie

I’m a stone sculptor living in Edinburgh, UK. I make sculpture in stone, predominantly marble, and maintain a studio practice here in the middle of the Scottish capital. I am fortunate to have only a seven-minute commute by bicycle from my home to my studio. While I’d love a larger studio to expand my practice and produce larger scale work, the ability to work in such a noisy, dusty and generally quite antisocial medium in a city centre location is a convenience I’d be loath to give up.

I have been carving stone for about 15 years. I studied art history at university, where my interest in stone sculpture was piqued, but it wasn’t until after I graduated that I had the opportunity to put chisel to stone. I was first apprenticed to American sculptor Mark Mennin before completing my diploma in sculpture in Siena, Italy. I then set up my Edinburgh studio, which is where I’ve been based now for 10 years.

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