The Stone Department BCC

Don’t forget to sign up for our End of Year Show tour this Friday, we’ll be displaying all our students final pieces. This is a perfect opportunity to see the techniques and methods we teach, and the quality we produce at the BCC!

Sign up here: https://thebcc.ac.uk/resources/open-days/

How proud we are of our students and apprentices as we celebrate their work this evening at our End of Year Show!

So great to see the skills they are learning - many had never even picked up a chisel before starting the course. More pics to follow.... but for now can you guess what this might be the start of?!

Cadw, the Welsh Government’s historic environment service, is seeking applications for stonemasons - permanent contract and good rate of pay advertised. Help conserve Welsh heritage and support the work of Cadw on the many monuments and historic sites across Wales.

Stonemasons - Welsh Government (Cais) Title: Stonemasons . Application deadline: . Vacancy ID: 1245

Egg and dart molding with relief carved peacock design for the corner return, by Stonemasonry Diploma student Sam. Having not carved egg and dart (or peacocks!) before, Sam drew and modelled this corner feature in clay before carving it in the stone. 👏

Visit us at The Building Crafts College in East London to find out more about our courses.

Thank you to our apprentice stonemason with Hibbitt & Sons Masonry for showing our visitors the stonemasonry department and talking about the craft!

A trip to Yorkshire with the "stone filter" on! How does your trade affect your trips away - what do you notice on your travels? We love these stone structures seen in the Yorkshire Dales.

Last week we took our 2nd year apprentices and diploma students on an amazing behind the scenes tour to Canterbury Cathedral. Thanks to the stonemasonry team for some amazing insights into caring for this beautiful and historic building. We learnt so much!

The Building Crafts College
Canterbury Cathedral

Great to be using our "ruinette" - a gothic arch built by former students - for our heritage stonemasonry apprenticeship training. We love investigating all the ways to work with older buildings, from replacement to repair, to consolidation of stone structures. Visit The Building Crafts College to find out more!