Crafts CouncilDirectoryMary Anstee-ParryLetter carving:- variousAboutI am asked to take on all sorts of (paid) letter carving projects but this is one which was most close to my heart and which I did for love. These oak memorials were for my parents who, although they had asked for their ashes to be scattered in Yorkshire, the remainder were scattered in a corner of Great Livermere churchyard in Suffolk. I was quite mindful that generations of my family should not feel that they have to visit them so they are carved in oak which will eventually disintegrate.Mary Anstee-ParrySuffolk EnglandOak porch in Milden, Suffolk I was asked to carve this newly built oak porch on site. Quite difficult task as there was no scaffolding but, luckily, the weather was good., Mary Anstee-ParryOak: - each post was 200 (h) x 20 (w) x 20 (d) cm.A beautifully turned platter (not by myself) which was a thank you gift to a retiring employee. I always enjoy a challenge when letter carving so to place this amount of text on a circle was most enjoyable., Mary Anstee-ParryOak: - 45 cm. diameter.Memorials to Denis and Elizabeth Anstee., Mary Anstee-ParryOak: - 85 (h) x 50 (w) x 10 (d) cm.A panel with raised lettering and a little oil gilding for the Ark which was a room where recently bereaved children could have a play and talk to other recently bereaved children at St. Nicholas’s Hospice in Suffolk. Based on the biblical ark with a few of the animals., Mary Anstee-ParryWalnut: - 70 (h) x 50 (w) x 10 (d) cm.Temporary cross for a good friend of Lady Carla Carlisle., Mary Anstee-ParryOak: - 75 (h) x 45 (w) x 6 (d) cm.Letter carving:- variousAboutI am asked to take on all sorts of (paid) letter carving projects but this is one which was most close to my heart and which I did for love. These oak memorials were for my parents who, although they had asked for their ashes to be scattered in Yorkshire, the remainder were scattered in a corner of Great Livermere churchyard in Suffolk. I was quite mindful that generations of my family should not feel that they have to visit them so they are carved in oak which will eventually disintegrate.Mary Anstee-ParrySuffolk EnglandOak porch in Milden, Suffolk I was asked to carve this newly built oak porch on site. Quite difficult task as there was no scaffolding but, luckily, the weather was good., Mary Anstee-ParryOak: - each post was 200 (h) x 20 (w) x 20 (d) cm.A panel with raised lettering and a little oil gilding for the Ark which was a room where recently bereaved children could have a play and talk to other recently bereaved children at St. Nicholas’s Hospice in Suffolk. Based on the biblical ark with a few of the animals., Mary Anstee-ParryWalnut: - 70 (h) x 50 (w) x 10 (d) cm.A beautifully turned platter (not by myself) which was a thank you gift to a retiring employee. I always enjoy a challenge when letter carving so to place this amount of text on a circle was most enjoyable., Mary Anstee-ParryOak: - 45 cm. diameter.Temporary cross for a good friend of Lady Carla Carlisle., Mary Anstee-ParryOak: - 75 (h) x 45 (w) x 6 (d) cm.Memorials to Denis and Elizabeth Anstee., Mary Anstee-ParryOak: - 85 (h) x 50 (w) x 10 (d) cm.More from Mary Anstee-ParryProjectLetter carving:- Guildford Borough CouncilProjectLetter carving:-Restaurant sign and public inscriptions ProjectMirror Frames