moira ross.

Welcome.

Moira's sculpture is simple in form. Inspiration comes from life, be it plant, wildlife or human. She works between realism, impressionism and abstraction, so you may find a life-like apple, a blocky rabbit or strange beings created.

Occasionally there are some life-size pieces but more often than not they will be bigger or smaller than in real life. Lollipop trees, various sizes of apples or a large seed are all possible with her ever changing ideas. Recently there have been some heads made.

Moira mainly uses Maltese Limestone, a soft dusty stone that can polish up to a lovely shine using hand tools, sandpapers and buffing with a cloth. She likes to use local stone such as Bath or Chilmark Limestone but has been known to occasionally use Alabaster and Soapstone.

About Moira.

I'm originally from just outside Glasgow and I enjoyed creating things from an early age. However life took over and it wasn't until much later that I studied at Salisbury college in the South of England. There I gained a HND in Fine Art and a love of 3D work.

After deciding not to go to University, I set about trying various types of mediums - stone, wood, willow before I went back to stone as I really enjoyed it. I got myself a studio and started making sculptures. It took a while to discover that 'simple' was my style as I love an uncluttered look to things. During my early years of carving I discovered how to make Maltese stone shiny and my method has been passed on to other sculptors.

Over the next few years I took part in exhibitions, demonstrated at big events for my stone supplier, ran workshops for adults and had a fun time doing it all.

In 2019 I gave up my studio as the environment around me had changed and it wasn't suitable for workshops anymore. This turned out to be fortuitous as it preceded a family member becoming seriously ill and then came the COVID-19 pandemic. Now I'm back enjoying making and exhibiting again, with a gazebo at the end of the garden, indoor space with like-minded sculptors at the workshop of Henry Gray and participating in annual open studios.