Purbeck quarry company W J Haysom & Son are hosting a week long stone lettercarving course at their Dorset quarry in May next year.

It will be run by Annet Stirling and Brenda Berman who, as Incisive Letterwork, hand cut insitu the name of the National Portrait Gallery on the main portico of the Gallery in 2005. They also teach lettering at the City & Guilds of London Art School.

The course will be held 19-23 May. It costs £285 (excluding meals and accommodation). For more information contact Haysom. Tel: 01929 439205.