Rosie is a stone-carver who lives in Bristol and carves abstract sculptures in limestone, marble and alabaster and has begun to work small pieces in clay to be cast into bronze. Some of her work can be found in the public arena but most find their place in gardens and domestic spaces. Rose Musgrave studied figurative sculpture in clay, wood and stone at Sir John Cass and City and Guilds Art School in London and is currently a member of the Royal Society of Sculptors. While studying at City and Guilds Art School, English sculptor and printmaker Elizabeth Frink would often visit.
“Many of my childhood memories are of being amongst mountains and rocks, feeling their textures in my hands, collecting stones in my pockets. I have always felt attracted to the beauty, stillness and quiet presence of this ancient material. Much of the limestone that I carve was laid down in the Jurassic age, at least 140 million years ago.
Before I break into a block, my planning is quite precise with sketches and maquettes, although later the carving will take on its own momentum. It is often hard, slow, contemplative work as the stone unwraps its secrets, striations of colour, fossils, even pockets of gas, caught within the substance of time”.
