Katherine Worthington

Stone Carver & Sculpture repairs

Darcus Howe - Award

2010 - Morley College, London, SE1, UK

Darcus Howe is a well known British broadcaster, writer, social commentator and TV personality.

Winner of the annual Portrait Head Competition - Judges include Janet Browne - V&A, Etienne Millner - President of the Society of Portrait Sculptors, Julie Lomax, Head of Visual Arts - Arts Council, Stephen Duncan - Sculptor. It also won the sitters choice prize as Darcus chose it for his home. For this competition she had a limited time in which she had to sculpt the head in clay.

Addittionally Katherine carved and installed a bespoke marble plinth for his sculpture to be viewed in his living room.

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Darcus Howe and his portrait

Darcus Howe noting a family resemblance in the eyes

Bespoke marble plinth by Katherine Worthington

To aid Katherine’s statue repairs and for pleasure she studies and models the human anatomy. She finds great enjoyment in modelling portraits.

View her heraldic statues and statue repairs for similar work.

Prestigious Portraits and Award

2009 - Westminster Abbey, The Chapter House, London SW1, UK

A medieval Bishop and three portrait/heads of the project's current architects - Stow and Beale Conservation Architects.

2010 - Morley College, London, SE1, UK

Winner of the annual Portrait Head Competition – Judged by Janet Browne - V&A, Etienne Millner - President of the Society of Portrait Sculptors, Julie Lomax, Head of Visual Arts - Arts Council, Stephen Duncan - Sculptor.

Katherine’s welcomes Portrait commissions. They can take many forms, such as a traditional bust, full length figure or a relief incised carving or outline (similar to an etching). They can be in a range of media, stone, plaster or resin.

With Human Portraits she takes pride in achieving a striking likeness to the sitter, revealing the character of the sitter in a typical pose. For this purpose, she likes to get to know the sitter and their ideas, this normally involves one or more sittings depending on the sitter's availability. She takes measurements of the sitter's face and features. She also likes to take photographs and record movies to aid her work (this reduces the sitting time), she can take face moulds if the client wishes. She can also work from photographs alone if the sitter is not available.

She models the portrait in clay (whether this is to be the final medium or serve as a model for the finished piece). A clay model is recommended for a best likeness, because alterations can be easily made in the clay before the stone carving. A stone portrait can be carved in a variety of stones such as marble, Alabaster, Portland, Bath, Cean. A clay portrait can be cast in a variety of materials such as, bronze, stone/marble composite, plaster and resin (these can have different finishes and be coloured with pigments).

Katherine offers plinths and installation. The sculpture can stand alone, in your home or garden or form part of a larger object or building. For a relief carving it can be installed on a wall.

She can carve a bespoke plinth for a bust, statue or figure. She also offers delivery, installation and groundwork.

She can copy historical artifacts, an original carving a picture, drawing. She can also copy a sculpture exactly or to scale also adding her own style if required.

Katherine can carve or sculpt animals and pet gravestones. The same process as above applies to pets however the sitting process is reduced to the taking of pictures or a recording of a movie.

For commissions and sales contact Katherine. Or to discuss a portrait/buy a sculpture you have seen on her website.