Ben Tolhurst

All starting from cutting a brick, Ben is a self taught stone sculptor working primarily in Tasmanian dolerite, granite and marble. Ben has successfully completed and installed major commissions in Tasmania as well as private  collections through Australia including, the “Mercy” sculpture located at St Johns Church in Richmond; the “ Sea Farers Lost at Sea” monument located at Dover- Far South Tasmania and a LifeSize statue/Monument of Iconic
Irish patriarch “Nano Nagle “ at St Mary’s College Hobart. Ben participated in the 2015 & 2017 Sculptors @ Crystal Lake symposia with his sculpture ‘Macclesfield” installed at Crystal Lake and his black granite eagle “Soaring Prospect” installed at Prospect Hill.