A walk led by sculptor Dr David Paton exploring the tooling marks found on granite buildings and structures in Helston. The walk will set out from and return to CAST.
This walk was originally devised by Dr David Paton with Dr Ruth Siddall for Water and Stone, and an illustrated guide to ‘The Building Stones of Helston’ was produced. The guide is available freely as a PDF or as a printed booklet on sale at CAST Café and the Museum of Cornish Life.
Dr David Paton is a Senior Lecturer at Falmouth University. He has been a practising artist and stone sculptor since 1997, and for many years worked extensively on public art projects. Soon after moving to Cornwall in 2005 David started working with Trenoweth Dimensional Granite Quarry near Falmouth, where his deep affinity for the material and people led him to start a PhD titled The Quarry as Sculpture: The Place of Making (2015).
This activity is part of Golden October, a weekend of creativity celebrating the renewal of CAST’s roofs. This significant programme of work, along with many of CAST’s learning activities during 2023 and 2024, has been made possible by funding by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. Some renovations will continue through the winter months, but, at this important milestone, we want to invite the whole community to celebrate and enjoy the fruits of the investment in this special heritage building – a place for art, culture and learning that is open to all.
