

I am a fine art graduate of Newcastle University, a qualified Cathedral stone mason, and a former student of the European Lettering Institute in Brugge. In 2024 I became a QEST Emerging Maker, supported by DBR Limited, London. My understanding of sculptural form, my love of words and my belief in ‘truth to material’, led me to pursue work with letters, language and inscriptional carving. Writing, drawing and carving by hand are the foremost elements of my creative life.


‘ To protect the stone from the elements, Beatrice refaced and recut the inscriptions but in keeping some trace of the original carving created a palimpsest that hints at the stone’s history. The local poetry community was thrilled to see the stone receive the care it deserved, and it was re-inaugurated this April on Shakespeare’s birthday.’
Matthew Cox

