Showing posts with label Grinling Gibbons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grinling Gibbons. Show all posts
Tuesday, 7 February 2017

Exploring Bristol with Hazen Audel: craftsman and presenter of 'Primal Survivor' on the National Geographic channel

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Hazen Audel was in Bristol doing some work connected to the show that he presents, called ' Primal Survivor '.  As well as his te...
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Tuesday, 30 September 2014

Continuing the tradition: Putting my mark onto the handles of my woodcarving tools

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'Tools have a particular appeal because, in a sense, they carry the history of all those who have used them... so you are, in a sense, c...
Friday, 20 December 2013

Spectacular carvings by Thomas Paty and John Michael Rysbrack in Redland Chapel, Bristol

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Redland chapel is situated in a suburb of Bristol. It was opened in October 1743 and was commissioned by John Cossins as a private chape...
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Friday, 8 February 2013

Some closer shots of the Grinling Gibbons Overmantle in Bristol Library

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I dropped into the library yesterday to do some more research on the figurehead for the 'Matthew' and took the opportunity to get a ...
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Wednesday, 2 January 2013

Grinling Gibbons in Bristol - a hidden treasure and a woodcarving mystery

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On a quiet afternoon, head into Bristol's Central Library on College Green and head upstairs to the Reference Library. If it isn't t...
Friday, 14 December 2012

Hyper realistic carving and realistic carving

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I've just been looking at some hyper-realistic carvings (that mimic other objects) and thought I'd put some images on here. There is...