Jane Cowan

Stone carver, Lincoln Cathedral stone conservator, occasional printmaker and frequently frustrated sketcher. Likes walking, nature and knitwear (too much).

[Royal Institute of British Architects @RIBA]

The 2023 @ribaeastmidland Award winners have been announced! 📣

A stunning new café in the Peak District National Park and an oak-framed extension to a 19th century estate cottage are amongst the five award-winning projects: https://t.co/EQpTXTZGKY

#RIBAawards

[Lincoln Cathedral @LincsCathedral]

We're delighted to share that we have won the Conservation Award from The Civic Trust for our work to the West Front of the Cathedral.

We want to thank every person that has been involved in this amazing project.

https://t.co/fkBQob7FLf

[Jane Cowan @JaneCowan9]

@SebastinBaczki1 Rightly so.

[Jane Cowan @JaneCowan9]

@LincsCathedral’s architect of 26 years, Nick Rank retires today - below is his gift made by the Works Department. His expertise and good humour have made him a great pleasure to work with over the years. He will be much missed - enjoy your well deserved retirement @rank_nicholas

[Jane Cowan @JaneCowan9]

Frozen cobwebs and hoar frost on Tennyson and the east green trees at Lincoln Cathedral today.

[Jane Cowan @JaneCowan9]

A quick glimpse of laser cleaning trials at @LincsCathedral yesterday to clean stone. This @lyntonlasers machine is 20x more powerful than the one we used to clean the Romanesque Frieze with.
#heritageconservation

[Jane Cowan @JaneCowan9]

@Caistor_cgs Really impressive - well done!

[Jane Cowan @JaneCowan9]

@SebastinBaczki1 One of the very best R4 series.

[Jane Cowan @JaneCowan9]

@Caistor_cgs Fantastic to be back

[Jane Cowan @JaneCowan9]

@Caistor_GS Thank you for all your hard work over the last 5 years. Some extraordinary challenges well met and a superb education for the students - heartfelt thanks. Enjoy your time off and good luck for the future.

[Jane Cowan @JaneCowan9]

@janet_berry @LincsCathedral @rank_nicholas Thank you Janet!

[Jane Cowan @JaneCowan9]

Delighted that Lincoln made page 3 of the Sunday Times yesterday. Here’s to the works team of the last 30+ years - we got there in the end!

[Jane Cowan @JaneCowan9]

And for contrast, here is the original before we cleaned and conserved it. Thought to be a scene unique to @LincsCathedral which has been a challenge to both conserve and create a copy of.

[Jane Cowan @JaneCowan9]

Some 5 years after starting on our #nlhf project on the west front, our final piece of the jigsaw was placed in the west front this week. This is a copy of the Romanesque frieze panel c.1140 of Eve and Abel carved by Martin Coward who did a brilliant job.

[Lincoln Cathedral @LincsCathedral]

Turn on @QuestTV tonight for the new series of @MrNickKnowles Heritage Rescue.
This episode, filmed over the last 18 months, is all about Lincoln Cathedral. It's great to be able to showcase the skill, talent and dedication of everyone that works here!

[Jane Cowan @JaneCowan9]

@Hannah_Roddie The original weeping Angel @stevanmoffat ?!

[Jane Cowan @JaneCowan9]

After 700 years looking south over the city of Lincoln, and 30 in the back of our conservation workshop, it’s been a pleasure to fix this beautiful Angel outside the new gallery @LincsCathedral this week.

[Jane Cowan @JaneCowan9]

@Rob_Hammond Great pic!

[Jane Cowan @JaneCowan9]

A fantastic day yesterday with four of the country’s leading carvers coming to @LincsCathedral to finish their copy carvings of the Romanesque frieze before the new gallery opens next week. #NHLF

[Mark Cousins @markcousinsfilm]

I got into movies because of the #BBC.
I got into music because of the BBC.
I learned about nature from the BBC
Most of my home entertainment comes from the BBC
The BBC is the best value for money of anything in my life.
#savethebbc