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 history of stone carving tools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label history of stone carving tools. Show all posts
Sunday, 26 October 2014

Eighteenth century woodworker's clothing and equipment, shown as part of the Hellbrunn Mechanical Theatre in Salzburg, Austria

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The Hellbrun Mechanical Theatre is a huge automaton. It was built between 1748 and 1752 and is housed in the Hellbrun palace in Salzburg. T...
Friday, 29 August 2014

Teaching woodcarving with a knife at my studio in Bristol, together with some thoughts about whittling

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Yesterday, Jack came to my studio to learn how to carve with a knife.  We had a great day and he wasn't the only one learning new things...
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Friday, 7 February 2014

Ancient Egyptian wood carving and stone carving tools

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Whilst looking around the museum in Bristol , I saw these ancient carving tools on display and thought it might be nice to share them wit...
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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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