Joe Hemming carves incised and relief images and lettering in stone, slate and wood, and plays the violin in a string swing band.
Home, recycled architectural elements
He was brought up in Constantine near Falmouth, and has been carving now for about twenty five years. He can carve you a churchyard headstone, a fireplace, a line of commemorative lettering or some other architectural ornament for a house or garden.
He is largely self taught. Lettering and low reliefs are his forte. Most of his commissions come by word of mouth.
This year his major job was to carve four slate panels in deep relief, a commission from the Rous family for a new public ‘Jubilee’ fountain in their estate village of Clovelly in Devon (see later).
main workshop
Next to his workshops across the fields near St. Buryan, there is a living cabin for summer use and another bed-sitting hut for guests.
workshop yard
the Clovelly public fountain panels, two of a set of four, made and installed in 2013
Clovelly slate relief panels
Main workshop,
Main workshop, panel three in preparation
all images copyright bibleofbritishtaste.com/ joe hemming
Your blog is charming and witty. It makes me very homesick for the years I lived in London among the inimitable English!
Amazing space and magical carving. My dream shed.
Lovely work! I especially like your Clovelly slate relief panels. Keep up the good work!
Lovely work
A granddaughter sent me a postcard of your work at Trengwainton in Cornwall, the toposcope is beautiful, a lovely image. I’m so pleased postcards haven’t gone completely out of fashion!
Grandma Diana