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 medieval. Show all posts
Showing posts with label medieval. Show all posts
Wednesday, 16 December 2015

Another hidden carved treasure in Bristol: the Canynges fireplace in the Savage's wigwam and the secret meaning of the Judgement of Solomon

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Regular readers of this blog (thank you, by the way!) will know that I'm very interested in older British carvings and the things that t...
Thursday, 10 December 2015

The fascinating and sometimes very rude sixteenth-century misericords in Bristol Cathedral

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The collection of misericords in Bristol Cathedral date from 1515-1526 and were installed by order of Abbot Robert Elyot. The stalls aroun...
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Wednesday, 24 June 2015

Visiting Pennant Melangell, an ancient Welsh church in what is an even older sacred site

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'It's difficult to know what it is about this shrine and this valley that appeals so much. Is it the simple story of a good w...
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Monday, 2 February 2015

Visiting the pretty village of Castle Combe; unnatural carvings, Hollywood locations and one of the oldest working clocks in Britain

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Castle Combe is in the county of Wiltshire, on the edge of the Cotswold hills. It may be familiar to some of you even if you have never visi...
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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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