Gus Fisher
Gus Fisher is an artist and craftsman working with letter design and stone carving. He is the youngest member of the Scottish Lettercutter's Association, a prestigious organisation that seeks to promote the traditional art of letter-carving.
Gus has developed an appreciation and love of lettering as an art form in its own right. He has a strong interest in the fragments of letters bequeathed to us from earlier civilisations, as seen in ancient ruined cities. Gus believes that a single letter still carries the integrity of the original script, even if the whole statement is unknown and the meaning long since lost. In his own work, he takes great care to attend to the personality and detail of each letter. Gus has mainly focused on the permanence of incised or bass-relief letters, hand drawn and cut into stone, but is now expanding into crafting other materials including metal. Working from traditional Roman capitals, he has developed bespoke and fluid lettering, specific for each and every piece. You can read about the creation of his piece inspired by William Wordsworth here.
Gus was awarded the Gold Arts Award by Trinity College, London as the top student across the country in 2007, working on self-directed tasks with other artists and helping to pass on his own enthusiasm and creative skills to youngsters in community workshops. Gus was also lead carver on the British Normandy Memorial, opened on Sunday 6 June 2021, the 77th anniversary of D-Day.
Gus Fisher's work featured in Impressions In Stone in February 2022.
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The Cube - Geometry View details
Gus Fisher
The Cube - Geometry
2014Kilkenny limestone (cube) & Welsh Slate (base)H:8.5cm W:8.5cm D:8.5cm£4,200The Cube - Geometry (detail) View detailsGus Fisher
The Cube - Geometry (detail)
2014Kilkenny limestone (cube) & Welsh Slate (base)H:8.5cm W:8.5cm D:8.5cm£4,200Hope View detailsGus Fisher
Hope
2021Riven Easdale slate gilded letteringH:11cm W:25cm D:2cm£1,250Coorie In View detailsGus Fisher
Coorie In
2021Riven Easdale slate, gilded letteringH:18cm W:5.5cm D:2cm£750Word Like Nature View detailsGus Fisher
Word Like Nature
2021Westmoreland Polish slate, gilded letteringH:20cm W:20cm D:2.5cm£2,300Word Like Nature (detail) View detailsGus Fisher
Word Like Nature (detail)
2021Westmoreland Polish slate, gilded letteringH:20cm W:20cm D:2.5cm£2,300Gus Fisher
R
2021Westmoreland Polish slate, gilded letteringH:20cm W:20cm D:2.5cm£1,250Gus Fisher
R
2021Westmoreland Polish slate, gilded letteringH:20cm W:20cm D:2.5cm£1,250Gus Fisher at work in his studio View details-
Crumb (detail) View details
Gus Fisher
Crumb (detail)
2021Riven Easdale slate gilded letteringH:20cm W:24cm D:3cmSoldCrumb View detailsGus Fisher
Crumb
2021Riven Easdale slate gilded letteringH:20cm W:24cm D:3cmSoldLife, view 2 View detailsGus Fisher
Life, view 2
2021hand carved gilded lettering on polished Welsh slateH:12.5cm W:25cm D:2cmSoldLife, view 1 View detailsGus Fisher
Life, view 1
2021hand carved gilded lettering on polished Welsh slateH:12.5cm W:25cm D:2cmSoldand my heart with pleasure fills (view 1) View detailsGus Fisher
and my heart with pleasure fills (view 1)
2020hand carved gilded lettering on polished Welsh slateH:12cm W:24.5cmSoldand my heart with pleasure fills (view 2) View detailsGus Fisher
and my heart with pleasure fills (view 2)
2020hand carved gilded lettering on polished Welsh slateH:12cm W:24.5cmSoldLove I View detailsGus Fisher
Love I
2019hand carved gold lettering on polished Welsh SlateH:7.5cm W:7.5cmSoldLove II View detailsGus Fisher
Love II
2019hand carved gold lettering on polished Welsh SlateH:10.5cm W:10.5cmSoldLove III View detailsGus Fisher
Love III
2019hand carved gold lettering on polished Welsh SlateH:7.5cm W:7.5cmSoldLove IV View detailsGus Fisher
Love IV
2019hand carved gold lettering on polished Welsh SlateH:7.5cm W:7.5cmSoldYou Rock View detailsGus Fisher
You Rock
2019hand carved gold lettering on polished Welsh SlateH:7.5cm W:7.5cmSoldTrust View detailsGus Fisher
Trust
2019hand carved gold lettering on polished Westmoreland slate, edition of 3H:7.5cm W:7.5cmSoldCourage View detailsGus Fisher
Courage
2019hand carved gold lettering on polished Westmoreland slate, edition of 3H:7.5cm W:7.5cmSoldIntegrity View detailsGus Fisher
Integrity
2019hand carved gold lettering on polished Westmoreland slate, edition of 3H:7.5cm W:7.5cmSoldThe Awe & Majesty View detailsGus Fisher
The Awe & Majesty
2016Polished Westmorland slate, carved with manaton chisel, gilded letteringD:40cmSoldLoading
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