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
Fergus Wessel
Fergus Wessel is one of the country’s leading letter cutters. He runs Stoneletters, a creative stone carving studio based near Oxford.
Paul Wilson
After completing a traditional woodcarving and gilding apprenticeship with Griss & Butlers in Hertfordshire Paul Wilson set up his own workshop and studio in Norfolk.
Tim Crawley
Tim Crawley is a stone carver, sculptor and designer and has been fortunate to have worked on many of England’s most famous buildings.
London Stone Carving Ltd
London stone carving create a diverse range of work, from traditional Ornamental carving and statuary to art fabrication and public sculpture.
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.’
Conrad Lindley-Thompson
Conrad Lindley-Thompson carves and sculpts ornament, figures, and complex shapes for films, architects and interior designers.
Videos
Ben Harms
Master Carvers’ Association President 2008 – 2010, Ben Harms, speaking at the Listed Property Show 2010
The Spirit of Letter Carving
An interview with Fergus Wessel
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.