Introduction
Caroline Webb studied typography at the University of Reading and since 1984 has been working as a letter-carver. Caroline eschews ‘experimental’ lettering preferring to explore and develop traditional letterforms in designs that respect content. She works almost entirely to commission carving inscriptions in wood and stone. Apart from a spell working with a letter carver in the USA and as assistant to book designer Humphrey Stone she has always worked alone. Caroline has designed medals for The Royal Mint and collaborated for over 20 years with the poet Ian Hamilton Finlay, contributing to major exhibitions and installations. She has taught lettering at Reading University and is a member of Memorials by Artists and Letter Exchange.
Contact details
Website: http://www.carolinewebblettering.com
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Image Gallery
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Title: Shop Fascia (detail)
Dimensions: Lettering 20cm tall
Media: Mahogany
Description: Lettering for shop fascia, Highgate, London. Letters carved in situ. Photographed prior to painting and guilding.
'Bailey & Saunders'
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Title: Carved slate tablet
Dimensions: 46 x 23cm
Media: Welsh slate
Description: Inscription for the garden of St Georges, Brandon Hill, Bristol. A collaboration with poet Ian Hamilton Finlay. Quotation from Janacek Intimate Letters
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Title: Bench
Dimensions: Bench top 85cm x 32cm
Media: Caithness stone
Description: One of six carved in collaboration with Ian Hamilton Finlay for St. Georges, Brandon Hill, Bristol.
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Title: Housename
Dimensions: 41 x 25cm
Media: Welsh slate
Description: Carved and painted slate ironsename
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Title: Keepsake for Ted Hughes
Dimensions: 28 x 12cm
Media: Found stone
Description: A hawks' feather carved on a stone from Yorkshire, commsioned by Faber & Faber and presented to Ted
Hughes to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the publication of 'The Hawk in the Rain'.
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Title: Oak table
Dimensions: diameter 254cm
Description: Inscription for a circular oak table, diameter 254cm, with Matthew Burt.
Detail of inscription before the table itself was completed
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Title: Headstone
Description: Headstone in Broughton Moor Green Slate, Westerham, Kent
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Title: Dean Gallery
Dimensions: 122 x 91cm
Media: Welsh slate
Description: Inscription for the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, carved in
Welsh slate and painted, 122 x 91cm. With Michael Harvey