Ron Lane Explained

Ron Lane (died 1976) was a woodcarver who lived in the New Forest region of Hampshire, England. Ron Lane was a resident of Dibden Purlieu in Hampshire.^[1] He was married to Eleanor.^[2] In his lifetime he produced hundreds of wood carvings.^[3] Many of his carvings sought to capture in wood the wildlife he saw around him,^[2] and included sculptures of dogs, pheasants, owls, otters,^[4] mice,^[3] birds and fishes.^[1]

Sculptures on public display include:

• A sculpture of the madonna and child in St Michael & All Angels Church, Lyndhurst, Hampshire. The sculpture was dedicated in November 1971.^[5] Ron Lane gave a talk about his work in the church in 1972.^[5]
• An oak font cover in St Michael's Church, Inkpen.^[6] This font cover entitled "in praise of water" was made in 1972. It features walnut carvings of a series of water creatures including a vole, a dipper, a newt, a kingfisher, and a teal.^[6]
• A sculpture of the madonna and child in St Mary's Church, Crawley, Hampshire.^[7] The sculpture was a gift from two American parishioners in 1973.^[8]

The Ron Lane Memorial Prize is a regional award for excellence in woodcarving.^[9]

Further reading

• Bridget Joseph, "A man who knew wood" in The Countryman (1980), Volume 85, No. 4, pages 151-3.

External links

• Ron Lane, Wood Sculptor, 1969, British Pathé News
• Ron Lane, Artist in Wood, 1971, British Movietone News

Notes and References

1. [Pathe News|British Pathe]
2. [Forestry Commission]
3. [Movietone News|British Movietone News]
4. http://www.artfact.com/catalog/searchLots.cfm?scp=p&catalogRef=&shw=50&ord=2&ad=DESC&img=0&alF=1&houseRef=&houseLetter=A&artistRef=&areaID=&countryID=&regionID=&stateID=&fdt=0&tdt=0&fr=0&to=0&wa=%22ron%20lane%22&wp=&wo=&nw=&upcoming=0&rp=&hi=&rem=FALSE&cs=0&ns=1 Search result for "ron lane"
5. http://southernlife.org.uk/lyndchur.htm St Michael & All Angels, Lyndhurst
6. John Hadfield, Maurice Willmore Barley, (1980), The Shell book of English villages, page 150
7. http://www.achurchnearyou.com/crawley-st-mary/ St Mary, Crawley
8. http://southernlife.org.uk/crawchur.htm The Church of St Mary, Crawley
9. http://www.thewoodlanders.co.uk/artists/joe.html The Woodlanders