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Success for Minster stonemasons at European Stone Festival
Published: on 27th June 2008 by Alix Peacock in Minster News
Six of York Minster’s own masons and carvers joined other top masons from across Europe to take part in this year’s European Stone Festival which took place in Freiburg, Germany at the beginning of June. Dave Willett, Danny Sampson, Martin Coward, Payson Muller, Tim Foster and Bob Morris all took part, with Dave receiving a prize of a mallet and a set of chisels for the piece of work he completed during the festival.
Each stonemason had 2 working days at the Festival to produce their own interpretation on the theme of Europe’s strength is its cultural diversity. At the end of the festival, the stones were auctioned off to raise money to fund the annual festival and to fund vocational training run by a College in the Freiburg area. The stones produced by the Minster’s stonemasons and carvers did particularly well in the auction.
The photograph shows Dave Willett's work which he carved during the weekend.
A range of miniature copies of carved heads from York Minster's Chapter House is available from the Minster Shop online.