One of the most important decisions ever made at Redwood Stone was to invest their own in-house mould shop. It was the early eighties and Redwood's were looking to expand both their Kingfisher and Redwood Stone ranges. The easy route to growth taken by a lot of stone companies is to simply copy existing designs, the more difficult is to create your own, original designs from scratch.

The family enlisted the help of semi-retired expert ornamental plasterer Authur Claridge on a part time basis. Arthur had worked for many years, starting well before the war, for internationally famous plasterers Martin's of Cheltenham. The techniques of running, turning and casting plaster were ideally suited to creating original masters for Redwood and Kingfisher products. Steve Slight joined Arthur in the mould shop, first making the moulds from Arthur's original designs and then learning the plastering skills necessary to be able to create the originals.

From those early days right through to the present Redwood Stone design and produce all their own originals and moulds. The mould shop now employs four full time craftsmen, latterly designing and creating the Reclamation Stone and Gothic Folly collections. Moulding techniques have advanced through the years but with this new product range the creation of the originals has reverted to even more traditional methods than plastering - every new piece is hand carved from stone.

Of course the major advantage of this in-house mould shop is that every new Redwood Stone ornament is protected by law (Copyright and Design Registration) and cannot be copied, thus setting the company apart from the legions of copiers.