Big Ben — The Elizabeth Tower

Description

There are sounds that define a city. For London, it is the deep, resonant chime of Big Ben — a sound that has marked the hours for over 160 years, carrying across the rooftops from Westminster to the far reaches of the capital.

This piece captures the tower in its full Gothic splendour, engraved onto a tall, naturally tapered piece of Thames slate. The shape of the stone mirrors the tower itself — rising from a broad base to a narrow peak — as though the river had been preparing this canvas for centuries.

Every detail is here: the clock faces, the ornate stonework, the iron latticework. And beneath it all, the raw, dark surface of slate that was old when Parliament was young.

Hold it in your hand and you hold two timelines at once: the Victorian ambition that built the tower and the ancient geology that formed the stone.