{"id":138,"date":"2022-04-13T09:11:31","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T09:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefabwi.org.uk\/?p=138"},"modified":"2022-04-13T09:11:32","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T09:11:32","slug":"martin-cash-stone-sculptor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefabwi.org.uk\/?p=138","title":{"rendered":"Martin Cash &#8211; Stone Sculptor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>April&#8217;s meeting gave a fascinating insight into the world of stone sculptor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.martincashsculpture.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Martin Cash<\/a>. From sourcing the stone and transporting it to his workshop through to his initial design ideas and scultping techniques, Martin transfixed the audience with his photos and words. We are lucky at The FaB WI to be located close to Burford Garden Company, the only outlet to exhibit and sell Martin&#8217;s work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We loved the details and inspiration behind Martin&#8217;s most recent piece. The sculpture is about being twisted in a tightening hold &#8211; but despite the pressure there\u2019s a hole that allows us to see right through to the other side\u2026as Cohen eloquently sang:<br><em>Ring the bells that still can ring<br>Forget your perfect offering<br>There is a crack, a crack in everything<br>That&#8217;s how the light gets in<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/thefabwi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/martin-cash-photo-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefabwi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/martin-cash-photo-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/thefabwi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/martin-cash-photo-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/thefabwi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/martin-cash-photo-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/thefabwi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/martin-cash-photo-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/thefabwi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/martin-cash-photo-1-600x600.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"431\" data-id=\"139\" src=\"https:\/\/thefabwi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/martin-cash-photo-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefabwi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/martin-cash-photo-2.jpg 432w, https:\/\/thefabwi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/martin-cash-photo-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thefabwi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/martin-cash-photo-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/thefabwi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/martin-cash-photo-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefabwi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/martin-cash-photo-3.png 1024w, https:\/\/thefabwi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/martin-cash-photo-3-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/thefabwi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/martin-cash-photo-3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/thefabwi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/martin-cash-photo-3-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/thefabwi.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/martin-cash-photo-3-600x600.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Martin Cash Stone Sculptor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April&#8217;s meeting gave a fascinating insight into the world of stone sculptor Martin Cash. From sourcing the stone and transporting it to his workshop through to his initial design ideas and scultping techniques, Martin transfixed the audience with his photos and words. We are lucky at The FaB WI to be located close to Burford [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-138","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"thefabwi","author_link":"https:\/\/thefabwi.org.uk\/?author=1"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefabwi.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefabwi.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefabwi.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefabwi.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefabwi.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=138"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thefabwi.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142,"href":"https:\/\/thefabwi.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions\/142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefabwi.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefabwi.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefabwi.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}