I make tactile, beautiful sculptures for home and garden inspired by natural forms. I work in stone on a scale from pocket size to big, statement pieces.
My day starts and ends with a dog walk along a tributary of the Thames and the fields and woods that adjoin it, and much of my sculpture work draws from that and from other aspects of the natural world. Crashing waves on an Icelandic beach; trout leaping in front of my dog and me as we swam in a Welsh lake; the multiple image photographs of photography pioneer Eadward Muybridge; the beauty of my wife’s stunning garden; the interlocking circles that our lives and the creatures around us weave; the poetry and images of Rob MacFarlane and Jackie Morris...I work in a variety of stone, often ‘found’ or reused pieces scavenged from building projects or skips, or offcuts from other projects, and sometimes add precious metal leaf. Expect to see stylised animals and birds alongside abstracts drawn from patterns and shapes in nature. More of my work may be seen on facebook @David.Williams.Stonework or instagram @David_Williams_Stonework
I live and work in Oxfordshire. In addition to my own work, I teach day courses in stone carving.