īryant Fedden then moved to Littledean, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire and together with wife Kate Fedden (glass engraving), his son Matthew Fedden (artist-blacksmith) and his son-in-law Paul Harper (furniture maker) set up a multi-functioning workshop. Notable works by Bryant Fedden at this time included the gates and railings for Tewksbury Abbey, with Keith Jameson, in 1968 the Ivor Gurney Memorial Plaque in Gloucester Cathedral in 1976 and the memorial plaque to Sylvanus Lysons in Gloucester Cathedral in 1989.

The number of people working at the workshop increased and included Kate Fedden who took on some of the commissioned glass engraving. In 1966 Bryant Fedden moved his workshop to Winchcombe, Gloucestershire in part to be closer to Winchcombe Pottery and its manager, the potter Ray Finch. The workshop gained commissions including a memorial plaque for the Waller era architects for Gloucester Cathedral in 1961. They then made the decision to change careers and set up a letter cutting and sculpture workshop in Toddington, Gloucestershire. Bryant Fedden then taught history at Gordenstoun School in Scotland. Bryant married Kate in 1955 and they then taught English in Pakistan. He then went up to Clare College, Cambridge University where he read history. īryant Fedden went to Bryanstone School and followed that with two years in National Service. Bryant Fedden has work in the Victoria and Albert Museum Collections. He was a founder member of the Letter Exchange, a professional organisation promoting lettering in all its forms. He was a member of the Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen for more than forty years. Letter-cutter, Glass engraver and Sculptorīryant Olcher Fedden (17 July 1930 - 19 March 2004) was a self-taught letter-cutter, glass engraver and sculptor who developed his craft in a workshop environment with craftspeople whom he taught and supported.

Towers by Matthew Bryant