Sheep No More

By trade I am a Hand Engraver, meaning that I carve metal with chisels called 'gravers'. If you've ever watched a wood carver at work you'll get the gist of what I do, but with metals as the raw materials of my trade instead of timber. It's a craft unchanged since ancient times in that Roman, Viking and Anglo-Saxon craftsmen coached in the trade would recognise the tools scattered around my workbench and be able to use them, and the same applies in reverse, in that I would be completely at home using their tools, because the trade really hasn't changed at all, despite the passing of so much time. I don't even need electricity other than for the labour saving devise of a polishing motor, because natural daylight is the most important tool of the trade and that comes free!

For several years I have worked from home which enabled me to spend several hours each morning, Sunday included, writing my book and getting it all clear in my own head. The trouble is, working from home and in pretty much isolation with only the radio for company, isn't much good when you need to be able to promote such a labour of love as Sheep No More is. So I'm about to make a substantial change to my work routine by taking on the small shop as pictured in the photo above and using it as both a workshop and a base from which to push SNM as hard as I can. The next time I put a picture of the shop on here it will look quite a bit different. The sign will be a combination of 'Pete Harris, Craftsman Engraver' & 'www.sheepnomore.co.uk'.

Engraving is what I do to make a living but the project is my passion because it's about the future and what our children and their children in due course, will be inheriting from us!