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Katherine Worthington

Stone Carver & Sculpture repairs

Ignatius Sancho

2007 - Greenwich Park, Greenwich, London. 

As part of her self employment Katherine was asked to carve a plaque in Portland stone commemorating Ignatius Sancho, the first black Briton to receive the vote; this was unveiled at Greenwich Park. Greenwich Park is an English Heritage and World Heritage site. She copied the style of a neighbouring plaque by taking a rubbing of its inscription, she also gilded the plaque. 

Mentioned in Wikipedia -
A plaque to the memory of Sancho was unveiled on 15 June 2007, by Nick Raynsford, MP for Greenwich, on the remaining wall of Montague House on the south-west boundary of Greenwich Park. The plaque was funded by Friends of Greenwich Park to commemorate the bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act, made law in 1807.

 

Carved and gilded lettersCarved and gilded letters
At the unveilingAt the unveiling
Unveiled by Greenwich MPUnveiled by Greenwich MP

PLAQUES -

Katherine completed a 2 year diploma course at Weymouth College in letter carving. She achieved a credit and this skill is applied extensively throughout her career. This includes the carving and gilding of letters on stone plaques. Much of her work has been unveiled at prestigious ceremonies at historic buildings and for famous people. For example York Minster’s Great West door unveiled by HRH Duke of York and Ignatius Sancho in Greenwich Park. To see this work and more click on the Job titles on the left.

Where there is an existing inscription or font style to copy she takes a rubbing of the font to design the new inscription. Otherwise she will propose a suitable font and design.

She can also use her artistic carving skills to embellish the plaques with creative designs. She can enhance the inscriptions with gilding or by painting.

New inscriptions can be carved into an existing stone wall or monument. She also re-carves weathered inscriptions such as London’s Hampstead War memorial, West Hampstead Cemetery and The Lord Trenchard Monument which is outside the Ministry of Defence building, Whitehall, London.

She offers installation ideas, creative suggestions including design and discussions of stone types and techniques taking into account the setting and surroundings. Katherine works on site and in her London workshop N1, where she has ample space and machinery to handle large stones. She welcomes clients to her workshop and can fix her own work. She welcomes large contracts for which she may engage subcontractors. 

Commissions & Sales

Katherine quotes competitively. Click here to contact her to discuss a commission/contract or buy a sculpture you have seen on her website.