WORK OF THE WEEK : Sebastian Brooke, ‘Stone Carving’, 1999

Let Him Accept the Water of Life with Thanks

Accipiat aquam vitae, gratis.

The inscription at Roche Court reads a quote from Revelations 22 verse 17.
"And let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life."

Bath stone
103 x 47 x 10 cm
40 ½ x 18 ½ x 4 in.

Sebastian Brooke is a letter-cutter and stone-carver based in Wales.

Since 2006, he has been working on the massive project, MEMO, on the Isle of Portland which is part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. This stone monument will be a Mass Extinction Monitoring Observatory. The project is to draw attention to the ongoing extinction of species worldwide.

His work is included in collections at both Oxford University and Harvard University.