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Laura Anderson is a British wood carver and sculptor based in North-East London.

A graduate of the City & Guilds of London Art School with a diploma in historic wood carving and gilding, Laura has extensive experience in traditional and contemporary wood carving.

Laura has completed a number of prestigious woodcarving commissions, including for The Fishmongers' Company in London, RHS Wisley (involving the Duchess of Cambridge and Blue Peter), the National Trust, artist Yinka Shonibare CBE RA, and artists Jane and Louise Wilson.

Laura combines her expertise in woodcarving with a background in sculpture having studied for a BA in Fine Art Sculpture at the National Art School in Sydney, Australia.

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Some recent carvings in yellow pine on a cherrywood 🍒 base. Bird 65 x 48 x 21 cm River figure 138 x 27 x 40 cm #carving #sculpture
Happy New Year 2023! The following masks are from a selection of Hybrid Mask artworks by ©️Yinka Shonibare CBE RA @shonibarestudio. I am thrilled to continue working on this wonderful commission by Yinka Shonibare CBE RA @shonibarestudio to ha
Here are four more masks I carved in Quebec pine for the artworks of ©Yinka Shonibare CBE RA @shonibarestudio. Each mask is hand carved and based on an original, traditional West African mask found in Picasso’s collection of African and O
Following on from the nine masks I carved and aged for Yinka Shonibare CBE’s ‘African Spirits of Modernism’ exhibition at the Stephen Friedman Gallery in mid 2021, I was delighted to be commissioned by Shonibare Studio to hand carve
Thrilled to be a part of the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2021 ‘Varnishing Day’ today. Starting with a steelband procession to St James’s church, Piccadilly for the ‘Service for Artists’. So happy to have my wood carv
Which chisels do you need?..Who doesn’t need a workshop Buddy! #dogcarving #woodcarving #staffy
In September 2019 I was approached by Shonibare Studio and commissioned to hand carve and age nine African masks based on Picasso’s private collection of 19th to early 20th century African and Oceanic art. The original masks were made in C&ocir
Seeing Cappadocian caves roughing out this wood! #woodgrain