Denise and Peter met in 1984 whilst studying sculpture at the renowned Camberwell School of Art in London. At the end of this 3yr course both artists were awarded post-graduate travel scholarships to study in India for one year. Both artists were allready practicing Buddhists and it was during this time that they met with the rich living tradition of Tibetan Buddhist art. It was only a matter of time before they moved from simply being inspired by this rich and sublime art-form, to wishing to learn the strict system of proportional measurements and begin contributing to a religious art form that has been kept alive for over 2000 years.

In 1991 the two sculptors went back to India in order to study statue-making full-time, living in the small town of Dharamsala in the foothills of the Himalayas. During this time they started making statues for several renowned Tibetan spiritual masters, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Lama Zopa Rinpoche and soon they were being asked to make statues in Buddhist monasteries and temples throughout Asia. Over the next nine years Denise and Peter worked in India, Nepal, Hong Kong, Taiwan & Singapore, as well as America, Australia & the UK. In addition to making large statues, Peter gained a reputation for his exquisitely carved small statues and tsatsas. These can be seen in private collections around the world and were recently exhibited at galleries in London and Bath

In 1997 Denise and Peter were commissioned by the Maitreya Project to create the prototype for a 152metre/ 500ft high bronze statue which is soon to be constructed in India. The original life-size statue will be scaled-up 108 times using cutting edge computer technology and the final bronze statue will stand at a height equivalent to that of a 50-storey building. When completed in 2009 this will be the tallest sculpture in the world. Nine years later they are still both working for the Maitreya Project and are responsible for liasing with the Project’s architects and engineers to ensure the sculptural integrity of the statue as it is scaled up to 152m. Peter has since gone on to design the exterior of the plinth (itself a 50m high stone temple that will support the statue) and all the decorative relief stone carvings, which will embellish the plinth building.

In 1999, after 10 years of travelling from one commission to another, Denise and Peter moved back to the UK to establish a studio in Denise's hometown of Weymouth, Dorset. They have continued to work for clients from all over the world as well as taking on several new commissions in the UK. 2003 saw the birth of their first child, a daughter called Alice, and a second baby is due in December 2006!

Peter's recent work includes the "Twelve Deeds" commission for Jamyang Buddhist Centre in London (12 bas-relief panels carved out of Portland limestone dipicting the life of the Buddha), a 5m high statue in Washington, and several smaller private commissions.

Peter is currently working on a public sculpture commission in Sturminster Newton, Dorset. The sculpture consists of a 3.5m high column constructed out of three blocks of Portland stone weighing 6.5 tons. There will be four bas-relief carvings which celebrate Sturminster Newton’s famous 778 yr old cattle market. The project was commissioned and funded by the Sturminster Newton Rotary Club as well as Arts Council England. Peter will be working on-site at Sturminster Newton until September 2006 and visitors are always welcome.


Please contact Denise and Peter if you would like to discuss a potential sculpture commission, or to commission a new tsatsa, memorial, some letter-cutting, or simply some design work. In addition they are able to offer a number of services , ranging from a consultancy service for enlarging sculptures using digital technology to workshops in sacred art, stone carving, clay modelling, mould making etc..