A suitable stone

Speaker: Lida Cardozo Kindersley &/or Roxanne Kindersley, Sculptors

Synopsis: Geology has shaped the beautiful variety of British stones used for fine carving and letter-cutting, but how do we choose which one to use? Coming from renowned letter-cutting studio The Cardozo Kindersley Workshop, Roxanne and Lida explore the properties and qualities of several categories of British rocks and stones, looking at their colouration, lastingness and response to a chisel.

Lida Lopes Cardozo Kindersley is dedicated to the increase of good lettering in the world and loves cutting letters in stone and other materials. Sculptor and Letterer born in Bath, when Roxanne Kindersley first visited the Cardozo Kindersley Workshop in 2009 a pencil was thrust into her hand; she then sat down at a stone and never left.

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