Carvings with Stories: a blog about woodcarving

My name is Alistair Park and I'm a professional carver who is based in Bristol, England. I've been carving for over twenty-eight years and I also enjoy teaching my skills to people of all ages. You'll find posts here about all kinds of things to do with carving; the work that I do, the people that I meet and the things that I see which inspire me. Please feel free to comment on anything of interest, it'd be great to hear from you!

Showing posts with label architecture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label architecture. Show all posts
Sunday, 19 June 2016

Timber-framed houses along Friar Street in Worcester- wonky buildings, planning using geometry and the daisy wheel

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Worcester has quite a few surviving timber-framed buildings and many of them can be found along Friar Street, in the city centre. Halfway al...
Wednesday, 30 March 2016

Bristol Byzantine and the Café Wall Illusion

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One thing that I love about Bristol is that, although it is not a big city, it can still surprise. After a while living here, I learnt a...
Monday, 9 December 2013

A strange, cross-shaped tenon in the timber-framed Chester House in Knowle, West Midlands

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Chester House in Knowle is also known as the Old Library. Part of the building dates back to the 15th century and the other half to the 16th...
Tuesday, 1 October 2013

St Petroc's in Bodmin, Cornwall: Deformed hands, magic trees, hidden beauty and a spire blown up by lightning

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St Petroc's is the largest church in Cornwall apart from Truro cathedral. Bodmin, the town in which this church stands, was the capi...
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Alistair
I have been carving regularly since 1994, although I remember having a knife taken off me at school when I was about 10 years old- some places are more suited to practising whittling than others!
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