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Category: Lettering

Vernicular Lettering Today

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Gabriel Hummerstone

Talk given by Gabriel to the Art College in Carmarthen. As a Monumental Mason I strive to “bring to mind” the lives, the names and the places of those who my work commemorates. As a letter-cutter I carve “Vernacular Letters” and I believe that I am the only one trying to do so today. This […]

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How did I come to be carving letters in stone ?

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Gabriel Hummerstone

Once I was told that it was simply a case of nominative determinism. Sometimes when asked this question, I just reply “Because I can’t do anything else”, which is true but not the whole story. Of course it is a bit of a long story but one that I will find both instructing and enjoyable […]

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