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.British Pathe (1969). Wood Sculptor, Canister: UN 4462 A; Film ID: 3318.20; Sort number: UN 4462 A; Tape: *PM3318*, retrieved 2 April 2012 He was married to Eleanor.Forestry Commission, News Release No: 7392, 16 February 2005, retrieved 2 April 2012 In his lifetime he produced hundreds of wood carvings.British Movietone News (1971), www.movietone.com, "Artist in Wood", Story Number: 96749, Date: 25 March 1971, retrieved 2 December 2012 Many of his carvings sought to capture in wood the wildlife he saw around him, and included sculptures of dogs, pheasants, owls, otters,Search result for "ron lane", artfact.com, retrieved 2 April 2012 mice, birds and fishes.
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.St Michael & All Angels, Lyndhurst, southernlife.org.uk, retrieved 2 April 2012 Ron Lane gave a talk about his work in the church in 1972. An oak font cover in St Michael's Church, Inkpen.John Hadfield, Maurice Willmore Barley, (1980), The Shell book of English villages, page 150 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. A sculpture of the madonna and child in St Mary's Church, Crawley, Hampshire.St Mary, Crawley, achurchnearyou.com, retrieved 6 October 2014 The sculpture was a gift from two American parishioners in 1973.The Church of St Mary, Crawley, southernlife.org.uk, retrieved 2 April 2012
The Ron Lane Memorial Prize is a regional award for excellence in woodcarving.The Woodlanders, retrieved 2 April 2012
References
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