Events
The latest news from the Stone Industry
The Building Limes Forum Conference is being delivered online this year from Exeter Cathedral (pictured) but attendees can watch it from regional live meetings that will include a local tour and an optional evening dinner.
Photo: Tim Pestridge
If you are a Net Zero Hero you could be receiving £4,500 worth of prizes at the COP26 meeting in Glasgow on 2 November.
Photo: ©Wichien Tepsuttinun | Dreamstime.com
Stone Digital – Shaping a sustainable future. This is a major new high level online event to help map the future of the stone industry in the UK. It is being held 22-23 February 2022.
Jo Sweeting has carved some particularly poignant 'Empty Nests', depicting the nests of various birds that have become endangered. The one pictured here is 'Hawfinch'.
Xiamen Stone Fair was back live at the Xiamen exhibition centre this month (May), although it also had a spectacular array of online events for those who couldn't make the journey in person.
The 'on form' exhibition of garden sculpture and art, all in stone, returns to Asthall Manor from 2 May and for the rest of the month.
Alex Waddell’s Empty Barrels Rattle Loudest in Caen limestone in last year’s online Annual Exhibition of Stonemasonry & Stone Carving by Gallery Different in London. It is hoped this year’s exhibition will be back at the Fitzrovia Gallery.
Jim Rosenthall and his unseen partner, Alan Dedicote, hosted the online Natural Stone Awards, just as they have the live event for the past 15 years.
Entry is now open for the Grinling Gibbons tercentennary carving competition.
Log in to join the Stone Federation for the 20th Natural Stone Awards presentations.
The Lettering Arts Trust is offering a day-long course on turning lettercutting into a business on 31 March. Click here to book a place.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission launches War Graves Week and asks you to plant wild flower seeds in memory of those who lost their lives.
A shortlist of contenders for the 2020 Natural Stone Awards has been published. The winners will be announced at an online ceremony on 19 March.
The Natural Stone Show & Hard Surfaces exhibitions have been moved to Spring 2023.
This was the scene at the Tile Awards last month. The Stone Federation Natural Stone Awards, which were to have been presented on 4 December, are also going online and will be presented in March.