Capability evidence

Craft & atelier

A credible craft page shows the actual sequence used for each category — machine and hand stages — performed by real, identifiable people.
Requires verified workshop identity, approved documentary media and category-specific technical review before it can publish.

Required content

The record a craft page must hold

Until this evidence exists, the honest state is a written sequence with no invented photography, named master or heritage claim.
01

Design basis

Approved dimensions, reference material and revision status.

02

Material record

Identified stone, block or batch link and finish reference.

03

Machine stages

The actual CNC, sawing, drilling or mechanical finishing used.

04

Hand stages

The actual carving, refining and finishing completed by named people.

05

Inspection

Measured checks, condition evidence, exceptions and remedial records.

06

Packing

Piece identification, protection, crate data and dispatch documents.

Work from our workshop

The actual hand-carving, at the bench

Photographed at our workshop in China as evidence of hand-carving craft. These are not UK projects, not delivered UK commissions, and not an offer of these specific pieces; the Chinese subjects demonstrate technique only. Treated as the owner's own work; any confidential piece can be removed on request.
High-relief stone carving of flowers and fruit with deep undercutting.From our workshop
High-relief flowers and fruit, deeply undercut.Work from our workshop — craft evidence, not a UK commission or delivered project.
Stone relief of a landscape with receding planes and fine detail.From our workshop
Landscape relief with receding planes and fine detail.Work from our workshop — craft evidence, not a UK commission or delivered project.
Stone panel carved fully through in a pierced openwork lotus pattern.From our workshop
Pierced (openwork) lotus panel, carved fully through the stone.Work from our workshop — craft evidence, not a UK commission or delivered project.

These are the owner's own works, shown as craft evidence. Any confidential piece can be removed on request.

Illustrative craft references

Traditional tools and historical context

Public-domain and archival images used only as generic craft context. They are not our tools, workshop, people, process record or completed work.
Portrait-format reference photograph of stonemasonry hammers, chisels, points, measuring tools and compasses, stone type not applicable, shown at hand-tool scale.
Illustrative CC0 exhibition-display photograph of stonemasonry tools — not our tools, workshop, process record or evidence of capability.“2021 Exposición Arquitectura Atemporal CentroCentro Herramientas (Cantería)” by Keinmy, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0 1.0). Local copy resized and converted to WebP.
Archival print illustrating a stonemason working a large stone block, stone type unrecorded, shown at workshop-task scale.
Illustrative archival print from 1762 — historical context only, not a depiction of our workshop, team, process or output.“Stone Mason at Work” by Louis-Philippe-Joseph, duc de Chartres; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0 1.0). Local copy resized and converted to WebP.