The Master Carvers Association
The oldest association of wood and stonecarvers in the UK, the Master Carvers Association stands for the highest quality of work: professionally executed and delivered on time.
The MCA
The Master Carvers Association boasts a membership of over 40, about half being individual carvers and the rest employing a number of apprentices and trained crafts people.
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The MCA is affiliated with the Heritage Crafts Association
Featured members
W Thomas Restorations Ltd
Formed in the mid-1920s, W Thomas has been a leading authority in 18th and early 19th century carved and giltwood furniture and decorations.
Clunie Fretton
Clunie Fretton is a classically trained sculptor, carver & gilder, who graduated from City & Guilds of London Art School with a Distinction in Ornamental Woodcarving & Gilding.
Laurence J. W. Beckford
Laurence has worked at Hampton Court Palace during the restoration of the fire damaged Grinling Gibbons carvings…
Fergus Wessel
Fergus Wessel is one of the country’s leading letter cutters. He runs Stoneletters, a creative stone carving studio based near Oxford.
Charles Oldham
Being involved in restoration such as Windsor Castle and Hampton Court as well as working on masterpieces which pass through the antique…
Lisi Ashbridge
‘Lettering in stone allows me to make a deeply personal and long lasting sculptural form that expresses a tribute, evokes a memory or simply makes a statement.’
Videos
The reinstating of The Kings Chamber Chandeliers, Kensington Palace
A project that enabled Ray Dudman ( W. Thomas Restorations Ltd. ) to share his knowledge, experience and expertise with many early career carvers.
The Spirit of Letter Carving
An interview with Fergus Wessel
Ben Harms Music Stand
The Master Carvers’ Association Celebrates the Tercentenary of Chippendale’s Birth.