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The Texel Stone, 2019
Art direction, management and design - Katie Lennard
Carving - Edgar Ward
Gold leafing - Miyuki Kajiwara
Analogue photos - Katie Lennard
Digital images - Huiqi He & Helena Pliotis
3D scans - The Printing Portal
special thanks to Toby Russell, Frances Richardson and Tout Quarry Sculpture Park and Nature Reserve.
For more information please email info@klennard.com
![Katies sculpture-10.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b5966e_3e4cbb260203489e99be96548a7e6667~mv2_d_3339_5008_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_600,h_900,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/Katies%20sculpture-10.jpg)
![KL Slate img 002.PNG](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b5966e_0b38ff2eef7e4e0984988089e6198b66~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_324,h_432,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/KL%20Slate%20img%20002_PNG.png)
![KL Slate img 006.PNG](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b5966e_25f5c55296cb4c148c691f70b52d1818~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_429,h_432,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/KL%20Slate%20img%20006_PNG.png)
3D scans of a shard of slate I picked up at The Blue Lagoon in Abereidy, Pembokeshire, Wales. The Texel Stone was carved around 7 times larger in scale than this piece of source material.
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Ed carrying the Portland stone blocks to his studio
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The view from the Texel Stone
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Mijuki Kajiwara applying gold leaf veins and below is Kosta Hristov, Fixing mason, fixing the stone onto the rooftop.
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1.4m (h) x 0.48m(w) x 0.32m(d)
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