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 elizabethan carvings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label elizabethan carvings. Show all posts
Sunday, 28 May 2017

Seventeenth century carvings, filming locations and stories of ghosts at Chavenage house in Gloucestershire

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Chavenage House is situated near Tetbury in the Cotswolds . It may seem familiar to some readers, as it's been used as a filming l...
Wednesday, 28 May 2014

The fourth of Bristol's historic woodcarving treasures: the oak rooms of the Red Lodge.

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To my mind, Bristol has four particular historic woodcarving treasures, that anyone who loves carving should try and see if they visit the c...
Thursday, 22 August 2013

Bowl turning on a pole lathe, jousting, birds of prey and an unlucky king at Carisbrooke Castle.

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Carisbrooke Castle is a very interesting place. It lies just outside Newport, the Isle of Wight's biggest town. There are signs of se...
Monday, 5 August 2013

The Porch House, Bishops Castle, Shropshire - a beautiful timber-framed building with recent oak carvings next to far older ones

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This interesting Grade II listed building is located in Bishops Castle, a small town close to the Wales/England border. According to th...
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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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