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Mark Frith
Lettercutting

Mark Frith is a lettercutter and stonecarver with over 20 years experience. He has produced a wide range of work in stone or wood, and is known for his work with sundials and inscriptions in foreign scripts and languages. The most notable work of this kind, undertaken with Sally Bower, is the Language Pillar which contains an inscription from the Dalai Lama at the Tibetan Peace Garden in London. The inscription carved on each side of the pillar is in four different languages- Tibetan, English, Hindi and Chinese. Mark entered into the world of lettering having studied at the City and Guilds of London, followed several years working for Richard Kindersley working on a huge variety of architectural lettering projects. He is also a member of Letter Exchange.