Online event, Saturday 13th December, 10:00 - 17:00

Do you want to learn more about developing your career as a letter carver or stone mason? Or maybe just learn more about the skills, training and knowledge it takes to make a living letter carving.

The Lettering Arts Trust is hosting a professional development symposium aimed at letter carvers and stone masons in the early stages of their careers. 

Representing artists, professional advisors, and industry organisations, the speakers will offer insights into project management, collaboration, copyright, working with quarries, secure shipping, and more. 

Among the presenters will be Charlotte Howarth & Sue Aperghis, talking about the newly unveiled Combined Services’ LGBT memorial; Nick Benson, a third generation American stone carver, letterer and owner of The John Stevens Shop in Newport, Rhode Island; and ACID who assist artists with copyright infringement and design theft. It is a day rich in content with opportunities for interactive questions and answers.

10.15   Daniel Carpenter, Heritage Crafts Association. An overview of professional heritage craft skills and practise in the UK.

10.50  Michelle de Bruin - Steering your stone carving ship and how to maintain artistic integrity within your practise.

Short Break

11.20  Teucer Wilson, followed by ACID (Anti Copying In Design.) How to protect your IP.

12.00 Charlotte Howarth & Sue Aperghis – Collaboration and Logistics: Managing a major commission.

12.45   Break for lunch 

1.30     Rachel Butler & Maia Gaffney-Hyde – Former LAT apprentices, Carving Careers Six Months on.

2.15.   Michael Poultney, Albion Stone

3.00    Short break

3.15     Imogen Long – ‘Boxes, Bubblewrap & Blankets: Tips for Trouble-free Transportation’ 

4.00Nick Benson - The John Stevens Shop and Daily Practice

4.45    Q&A and Round up 

SEE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT EACH TALK.

Pictured; Code by Nick Benson